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Lewis Short
(adjective) : aurĕus, a, um, id..
* Lit.
* Of gold, golden (syn.: aureolus, auratus, aurifer): patera,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 104 and 263: vasa,Vulg. Exod. 12, 35; ib. 2 Tim. 2, 20: torulus,Plaut. Am. prol. 144: imber,Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 37: funis,Lucr. 2, 1154: torques. Vulg. Gen. 41, 42: simulacra,Lucr. 2, 24: mala Hesperidum,id. 5, 33: aurea mala,Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6: pelles,id. ib.: corona (a gift for distinction in war),Liv. 7, 37, 1; Inscr. Orell. 363; 3453; 3475: corona,Vulg. Exod. 25, 11: candelabra,ib. Apoc. 1, 12: nummus, and absol.: aurĕus, i, m., the standard gold coin of Rome, a gold piece (first struck in the second Punic war), of the value of 25 denarii or 100 sestertii (weighing about 120 grains, and being about equal to £1, 1s. 1d. or $5.10), Cic. Phil. 12, 8: si (tibi) contigit aureus unus. Juv. 7, 122; fully, aureus nummus,Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 47; Suet. Calig. 42; id. Claud. 21; id. Vit. 16; id. Oth. 4; id. Dom. 7 al.—Of the Hebrew shekels (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. 4 Reg. 5, 5; ib. 2 Par. 9, 15; 9, 16.—Poet.: vis aurea tinxit Flumen,i. e. the power of changing every thing to gold,Ov. M. 11, 142.
* Trop., of physical and mental excellences or attractions, golden, beautiful, splendid: aurea Venus,Verg. A. 10, 16; Ov M. 10, 277; 15, 761: Amor,id. Am. 2, 18, 36: Copia,Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 28: Aurea Phoebi porticus,Prop. 3, 29, 1: litus,Mart. 11, 80: aether,Ov. M. 13, 587: medicamentum,Col. 6, 14, 5 al.: dicta, vita,Lucr. 3, 12 and 13: mores,Hor. C 4, 2, 23: Qui nunc te fruitur credulus aureā,id. ib. 1, 5, 9: tua mater Me movet atque iras aurea vincit anus,Tib. 1, 6, 58: mediocritas,the golden mean,Hor. C. 2, 10, 5: aetas,the golden age,Ov. M. 1, 89: tempus,Hor. Epod. 16, 64.—Hence, Virgo = Astraea, Albin. 2, 23.
* Of the color of gold, glittering like gold, golden: liquidi color aureus ignis,Lucr. 6, 205: Barba erat incipiens, barbae color aureus,Ov. M. 12, 395; Plin. 37, 5, 20, § 76; Gell. 2, 26, 5; Pall. Mart. 13, 4: lumina solis,Lucr. 5, 461; so, aurea Phoebe,Verg. G. 1, 431; Ov. M. 2, 723: luna,id. ib. 10, 448; Hor. Epod 17, 41: aureus sol,Verg. G 1, 232; 4, 51; so Ov. M. 7, 663: sidera, Verg A. 2, 488; 11, 832: caesaries,golden locks,id. ib. 8, 659: coma,Cat. 61, 95, and Ov. M. 12, 395: aurea mala,Verg. E. 3, 71, and 8, 52: Aurea pavonum ridenti imbuta lepore Saecla, the golden species of peacock, full of laughing beauty, Lucr 2, 502.
* Lit.
* Of gold, golden (syn.: aureolus, auratus, aurifer): patera,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 104 and 263: vasa,Vulg. Exod. 12, 35; ib. 2 Tim. 2, 20: torulus,Plaut. Am. prol. 144: imber,Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 37: funis,Lucr. 2, 1154: torques. Vulg. Gen. 41, 42: simulacra,Lucr. 2, 24: mala Hesperidum,id. 5, 33: aurea mala,Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6: pelles,id. ib.: corona (a gift for distinction in war),Liv. 7, 37, 1; Inscr. Orell. 363; 3453; 3475: corona,Vulg. Exod. 25, 11: candelabra,ib. Apoc. 1, 12: nummus, and absol.: aurĕus, i, m., the standard gold coin of Rome, a gold piece (first struck in the second Punic war), of the value of 25 denarii or 100 sestertii (weighing about 120 grains, and being about equal to £1, 1s. 1d. or $5.10), Cic. Phil. 12, 8: si (tibi) contigit aureus unus. Juv. 7, 122; fully, aureus nummus,Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 47; Suet. Calig. 42; id. Claud. 21; id. Vit. 16; id. Oth. 4; id. Dom. 7 al.—Of the Hebrew shekels (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. 4 Reg. 5, 5; ib. 2 Par. 9, 15; 9, 16.—Poet.: vis aurea tinxit Flumen,i. e. the power of changing every thing to gold,Ov. M. 11, 142.
* Trop., of physical and mental excellences or attractions, golden, beautiful, splendid: aurea Venus,Verg. A. 10, 16; Ov M. 10, 277; 15, 761: Amor,id. Am. 2, 18, 36: Copia,Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 28: Aurea Phoebi porticus,Prop. 3, 29, 1: litus,Mart. 11, 80: aether,Ov. M. 13, 587: medicamentum,Col. 6, 14, 5 al.: dicta, vita,Lucr. 3, 12 and 13: mores,Hor. C 4, 2, 23: Qui nunc te fruitur credulus aureā,id. ib. 1, 5, 9: tua mater Me movet atque iras aurea vincit anus,Tib. 1, 6, 58: mediocritas,the golden mean,Hor. C. 2, 10, 5: aetas,the golden age,Ov. M. 1, 89: tempus,Hor. Epod. 16, 64.—Hence, Virgo = Astraea, Albin. 2, 23.
* Of the color of gold, glittering like gold, golden: liquidi color aureus ignis,Lucr. 6, 205: Barba erat incipiens, barbae color aureus,Ov. M. 12, 395; Plin. 37, 5, 20, § 76; Gell. 2, 26, 5; Pall. Mart. 13, 4: lumina solis,Lucr. 5, 461; so, aurea Phoebe,Verg. G. 1, 431; Ov. M. 2, 723: luna,id. ib. 10, 448; Hor. Epod 17, 41: aureus sol,Verg. G 1, 232; 4, 51; so Ov. M. 7, 663: sidera, Verg A. 2, 488; 11, 832: caesaries,golden locks,id. ib. 8, 659: coma,Cat. 61, 95, and Ov. M. 12, 395: aurea mala,Verg. E. 3, 71, and 8, 52: Aurea pavonum ridenti imbuta lepore Saecla, the golden species of peacock, full of laughing beauty, Lucr 2, 502.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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