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(adj.Subst.) : aurārĭus, a, um, adj.aurum.
* Of or pertaining to gold, golden, gold-: statera, Varr. ap. Non. p. 455, 21: metalla,gold-mines,Plin. 37, 12, 74, § 193: fornax,for smelting gold,id. 34, 13, 34, § 132: negotium,Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 51: canon, a tax upon purchase and sale, Cod. 10, 47, 10; cf.: auraria pensitatio,ib. 11, 61, 2; and absol. auraria, ib. 12, 6, 29.—Hence
* Subst.
* Aurārĭ-us, ii, m., a worker in gold, a goldsmith, Inscr. Orell. 3096.
* Aurārĭa, ae, f.
* (Sc. fodina.) A gold-mine, Tac. A. 6, 19.
* A female worker in gold, or a golddealer, Inscr. Orell. 4065 (v. Orell. ad h. l.).
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
aurārĭus (noun M) :
* A patron [aura, II. B.], acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 817.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary