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aurum | ausum | ōrum (noun N) : (Sab. , Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.; vulg. Lat., , ib. p. 183; cf. Ital. and Span. oro and Fr. or), , v. aes.
* Gold; as a mineral, v. Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 66 sqq.: auri venas invenire,Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151: venas auri sequi,Lucr. 6, 808; Tac. G. 5: aurum igni perspicere,Cic. Fam. 9, 16: eruere terrā,Ov. Am. 3, 8, 53: auri fodina,Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 78; Vulg. Gen. 2, 11; ib. 2 Par. 2, 7; ib. Matt. 2, 11; Naev. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 797: ex auro vestis,id. 2, 22 (ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 22, 20) et saep.— Provv.: montes auri polliceri,to promise mountains of gold,Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 18: carius auro,more precious than gold,Cat. 107, 3 (cf.: κρεισσονα χρυσοῦ, Aesch. Choëph. 372; χρυσοῦ χρυσότερα, Sapph. Fr. 122. Ellis).
* Meton.
* Things made of gold, an ornament of gold, a golden vessel, utensil, etc.: Nec domus argento fulget nec auro renidet,gold plate,Lucr. 2, 27. So
* A golden goblet: et pleno se proluit auro,Verg. A. 1, 739: Regales epulae mensis et Bacchus in auro Ponitur,Ov. M. 6, 488: tibi non committitur aurum,Juv. 5, 39; 10, 27; Stat. Th. 5, 188; and in the hendiadys: pateris libamus et auro = pateris aureis,Verg. G. 2, 192.
* The color or lustre of gold, the gleam or brightness of gold, Ov. M. 9, 689: anguis cristis praesignis et auro (hendiadys, for cristis aureis),id. ib. 3, 32: saevo cum nox accenditur auro,Val. Fl. 5, 369 (i. e. mala portendente splendore, Wagn.); so, fulgor auri, of the face,Cat. 64, 100, ubi v. Ellis.
* The Golden Age: redeant in aurum Tempora priscum,Hor. C. 4, 2, 39: subiit argentea proles, Auro deterior,Ov. M. 1, 115; 15, 260.
* A golden bit: fulvum mandunt sub dentibus aurum,Verg. A. 7, 279; 5, 817.
* The golden fleece: auro Heros Aesonius potitur,Ov. M. 7, 155.
* A golden hairband, κρωβύλος: crines nodantur in aurum,Verg. A. 4, 138 Serv.
* Esp. freq., gold as coined money: si quis illam invenerit Aulam onustam auri,Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 4: De Caelio vide, quaeso, ne quae lacuna sit in auro,Cic. Att. 12, 6, 1: Aurum omnes victā jam pietate colunt,Prop. 4, 12, 48 sq.: quid non mortalia pectora cogis Auri sacra fames?Verg. A. 3, 56; cf. Plin. 37, 1, 3, § 6; so Hor. C. 2, 16, 8; 2, 18, 36; 3, 16, 9; id. S. 2, 2, 25; 2, 3, 109; 2, 3, 142; id. Ep. 2, 2, 179; Vulg. Matt. 10, 9; ib. Act. 3, 6 et saep.
* Gold; as a mineral, v. Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 66 sqq.: auri venas invenire,Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151: venas auri sequi,Lucr. 6, 808; Tac. G. 5: aurum igni perspicere,Cic. Fam. 9, 16: eruere terrā,Ov. Am. 3, 8, 53: auri fodina,Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 78; Vulg. Gen. 2, 11; ib. 2 Par. 2, 7; ib. Matt. 2, 11; Naev. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 797: ex auro vestis,id. 2, 22 (ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 22, 20) et saep.— Provv.: montes auri polliceri,to promise mountains of gold,Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 18: carius auro,more precious than gold,Cat. 107, 3 (cf.: κρεισσονα χρυσοῦ, Aesch. Choëph. 372; χρυσοῦ χρυσότερα, Sapph. Fr. 122. Ellis).
* Meton.
* Things made of gold, an ornament of gold, a golden vessel, utensil, etc.: Nec domus argento fulget nec auro renidet,gold plate,Lucr. 2, 27. So
* A golden goblet: et pleno se proluit auro,Verg. A. 1, 739: Regales epulae mensis et Bacchus in auro Ponitur,Ov. M. 6, 488: tibi non committitur aurum,Juv. 5, 39; 10, 27; Stat. Th. 5, 188; and in the hendiadys: pateris libamus et auro = pateris aureis,Verg. G. 2, 192.
* The color or lustre of gold, the gleam or brightness of gold, Ov. M. 9, 689: anguis cristis praesignis et auro (hendiadys, for cristis aureis),id. ib. 3, 32: saevo cum nox accenditur auro,Val. Fl. 5, 369 (i. e. mala portendente splendore, Wagn.); so, fulgor auri, of the face,Cat. 64, 100, ubi v. Ellis.
* The Golden Age: redeant in aurum Tempora priscum,Hor. C. 4, 2, 39: subiit argentea proles, Auro deterior,Ov. M. 1, 115; 15, 260.
* A golden bit: fulvum mandunt sub dentibus aurum,Verg. A. 7, 279; 5, 817.
* The golden fleece: auro Heros Aesonius potitur,Ov. M. 7, 155.
* A golden hairband, κρωβύλος: crines nodantur in aurum,Verg. A. 4, 138 Serv.
* Esp. freq., gold as coined money: si quis illam invenerit Aulam onustam auri,Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 4: De Caelio vide, quaeso, ne quae lacuna sit in auro,Cic. Att. 12, 6, 1: Aurum omnes victā jam pietate colunt,Prop. 4, 12, 48 sq.: quid non mortalia pectora cogis Auri sacra fames?Verg. A. 3, 56; cf. Plin. 37, 1, 3, § 6; so Hor. C. 2, 16, 8; 2, 18, 36; 3, 16, 9; id. S. 2, 2, 25; 2, 3, 109; 2, 3, 142; id. Ep. 2, 2, 179; Vulg. Matt. 10, 9; ib. Act. 3, 6 et saep.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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