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Latin
Etymology
Diminutive from aureus (“golden; gilded”) + -olus, from aurum (“gold”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
aureolus (feminine aureola, neuter aureolum); first/second-declension adjective
- Made of gold, golden.
- Adorned, covered or decorated with gold, gilded.
- Of the color of gold, golden.
- (figuratively) Golden, beautiful, splendid, magnificent, excellent.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Synonyms
Descendants
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References
- “aureolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aureolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aureolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- aureolus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “aureolus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray