aerugo

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See also: ærugo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aerūgō, from aes (“copper, bronze, brass”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iːˈɹuːɡoʊ/, /ɪˈɹuːɡoʊ/, /aɪˈɹuːɡoʊ/

Noun

aerugo (uncountable)

  1. metallic rust, particularly of brass or copper; verdigris; patina

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Latin

Roman coins (circa AD 253 to 305), with copper rust.

Etymology

aes (“copper”, “bronze”, “brass”, oblique stem: aer-) +‎ -ūgō

Pronunciation

Noun

aerūgō f (genitive aerūginis); third declension

  1. rust of copper, verdigris
  2. canker of the mind, ill will, envy, avarice

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative aerūgō aerūginēs
genitive aerūginis aerūginum
dative aerūginī aerūginibus
accusative aerūginem aerūginēs
ablative aerūgine aerūginibus
vocative aerūgō aerūginēs

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References

  • “aerugo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “aerugo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • aerugo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • aerugo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “aerūgō” on page 70/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
  • “aerugo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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