aereus

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aerĕus: (trisyl.), a, um, adj. aes.
I Made of copper: cornua, Verg. A. 7, 615: clavus, Plin. 16, 10, 20, § 51: tabulae, Suet. Vesp. 8: vasa, Vulg. 2 Reg. 8, 10.—
II Furnished or covered with copper or bronze: clipeus, Verg. A. 12, 541; so (with copper) Vulg. 1 Reg. 17, 6: puppis, Verg. A. 5, 198 (cf.: aeratae naves, Hor. C. 2, 16, 21).— aerĕus, i, m. (sc. nummus), a bronze coin: aereos signatos constituere, Vitr. 3, 1.— aerĕum, i, n., a copper color, Plin. 8, 52, 78, § 212.
āĕrĕus: a, um, v. aërius.