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Latin
Etymology
From aes (“copper”) + -ūca.
Noun
aerūca f (genitive aerūcae); first declension
- verdigris, patina
- Synonym: aerūgō
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- “aeruca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- aeruca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.