Aurelius

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Etymology

From Latin Aurēlius.

Proper noun

Aurelius

  1. A male given name from Latin; of mostly historical use in the Anglo-Saxon world.
    • 1992, Anne Rice, The Tale of the Body Thief, Arrow Books, →ISBN, page 169:
      Would the name Marcus Aurelius have meant anything to him? In all probability, he would have thought it a fancy name for a black slave.

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Latin

Etymology

From aurum (“gold”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Aurēlius m (genitive Aurēliī or Aurēlī, feminine Aurēlia); second declension

  1. Name of a plebeian Roman gens.
  2. a male given name

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Aurēlius Aurēliī
Genitive Aurēliī
Aurēlī1 		Aurēliōrum
Dative Aurēliō Aurēliīs
Accusative Aurēlium Aurēliōs
Ablative Aurēliō Aurēliīs
Vocative Aurēlī Aurēliī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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References

  • “Aurelius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Aurelius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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