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Latin > English

aurum auri N N :: gold (metal/color), gold money, riches

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

aurum: (Sab. ausum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.; vulg. Lat., ōrum, ib. p. 183; cf. Ital. and Span. oro and Fr. or), i, n. v. aes.
I Gold; as a mineral, v. Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 66 sqq.: auri venas invenire, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151: venas auri sequi, Lucr. 6, 808; Tac. G. 5: aurum igni perspicere, Cic. Fam. 9, 16: eruere terrā, Ov. Am. 3, 8, 53: auri fodina, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 78; Vulg. Gen. 2, 11; ib. 2 Par. 2, 7; ib. Matt. 2, 11; Naev. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 797: ex auro vestis, id. 2, 22 (ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 22, 20) et saep.— Provv.: montes auri polliceri, to promise mountains of gold, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 18: carius auro, more precious than gold, Cat. 107, 3 (cf.: κρεισσονα χρυσοῦ>, Aesch. Choëph. 372; χρυσοῦ χρυσότερα, Sapph. Fr. 122. Ellis).—
II Meton.
   A Things made of gold, an ornament of gold, a golden vessel, utensil, etc.: Nec domus argento fulget nec auro renidet, gold plate, Lucr. 2, 27. So,
   1    A golden goblet: et pleno se proluit auro, Verg. A. 1, 739: Regales epulae mensis et Bacchus in auro Ponitur, Ov. M. 6, 488: tibi non committitur aurum, Juv. 5, 39; 10, 27; Stat. Th. 5, 188; and in the hendiadys: pateris libamus et auro = pateris aureis, Verg. G. 2, 192.—
   2    A golden chain, buckle, clasp, necklace, jewelry: Oneratas veste atque auro, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 43: Donec eum conjunx fatale poposcerit aurum, Ov. M. 9, 411; 14, 394.—
   3    A gold ring: Ventilet aestivum digitis sudantibus aurum, Juv. 1, 28.—
   4    A golden bit: fulvum mandunt sub dentibus aurum, Verg. A. 7, 279; 5, 817.—
   5    The golden fleece: auro Heros Aesonius potitur, Ov. M. 7, 155.—
   6    A golden hairband, κρωβύλος: crines nodantur in aurum, Verg. A. 4, 138 Serv.—
   7    Esp. freq., gold as coined money: si quis illam invenerit Aulam onustam auri, Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 4: De Caelio vide, quaeso, ne quae lacuna sit in auro, Cic. Att. 12, 6, 1: Aurum omnes victā jam pietate colunt, Prop. 4, 12, 48 sq.: quid non mortalia pectora cogis Auri sacra fames? Verg. A. 3, 56; cf. Plin. 37, 1, 3, § 6; so Hor. C. 2, 16, 8; 2, 18, 36; 3, 16, 9; id. S. 2, 2, 25; 2, 3, 109; 2, 3, 142; id. Ep. 2, 2, 179; Vulg. Matt. 10, 9; ib. Act. 3, 6 et saep.—
   B The color or lustre of gold, the gleam or brightness of gold, Ov. M. 9, 689: anguis cristis praesignis et auro (hendiadys, for cristis aureis), id. ib. 3, 32: saevo cum nox accenditur auro, Val. Fl. 5, 369 (i. e. mala portendente splendore, Wagn.); so, fulgor auri, of the face, Cat. 64, 100, ubi v. Ellis.—
   C The Golden Age: redeant in aurum Tempora priscum, Hor. C. 4, 2, 39: subiit argentea proles, Auro deterior, Ov. M. 1, 115; 15, 260.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

aurum,⁷ ī, n.,
1 or : auri venas invenire Cic. Nat. 2, 151, trouver des filons d’or ; montes auri Ter. Phorm. 68, des montagnes d’or
2 objets faits en or ; vaisselle d’or : Cic. Or. 232 ; Tusc. 5, 61 ; Cæl. 30 ; 31 ; 32 (v. commodo 2 § 2); libare auro Virg. G. 2, 195, faire des libations avec des coupes d’or || onerata auro Ter. Haut. 452, couverte de bijoux, cf. Cic. Inv. 1, 51 ; crines nodantur in aurum Virg. En. 4, 138, ses cheveux sont ramassés en un nœud agrafé d’or
3 monnaie d’or, or monnayé, or : Cic. Sest. 93 ; Fl. 69 ; Phil. 3, 10 ; Att. 1, 16, 12 ; 12, 6, 1, etc.
4 [fig.] or, argent, richesse : Her. 4, 43 ; Cic. Div. 2, 134 ; auri sacra fames Virg. En. 3, 56, soif maudite de l’or || l’éclat, la couleur de l’or : Lucr. 2, 27 ; Virg. G. 4, 91 ; Ov. M. 15, 316 ; Juv. 6, 589 || l’âge d’or : Hor. O. 4, 2, 39 ; Ov. M. 1, 115.

Latin > German (Georges)

aurum, ī, n. (sabinisch ausum, s. Paul. ex Fest. 9, 3, in der Vulgärspr. ōrum, s. Fest. 182, 15, ital. oro, franz. or), Gold, I) eig. u. meton.: A) eig.: auri argentique reconditae venae, Cic.: fert Britannia aurum et argentum et alia metalla, Tac.: templum laqueatum auro, Liv.: caelatura, quae auro, argento, aere, ferro opera efficit, Quint.: aurum habere, Quint. – Sprichw., montes auri polliceri, goldene Berge versprechen, Ter. Phorm 68. – B) meton., alles aus Gold Gemachte, a) goldenes Gerät, goldenes Geschirr (Tafelgeschirr), aurum escarium, potorium, Inscr.: nec domus argento fulget nec auro renidet, Lucr.: auro et argento abundare, Cic.: si vicina tua melius habet aurum, quam tu habes, Quint.: se malle alienum aurum, quam suum, Quint.: quis posuit secretam in auro dapem? Sen. – b) goldener Becher, goldene Schale, argentum aurumque caelatum, Cic.: aurum plenum, Verg.: bibere venenum in auro, Sen. poët. – c) goldenes Nachtgeschirr, onus ventris auro excepit, Lampr. Heliog. 32, 2. – d) goldenes Gebiß der Pferde, Verg. Aen. 7, 279. – u. goldenes Joch, Verg. Aen. 5, 817. – e) goldene Kette, Spange, Halsschmuck, Geschmeide, fulvum, Verg.: fatale, Ov.: oneratae veste atque auro, Ter.: dives pictae vestis et auri, Verg.: mulierem a lenone cum auro et veste abducere, Plaut. – f) goldener Ring, aestivum od. semestre aurum, der vom Militärtribun nach einem halben Dienstjahr getragene Goldring, Iuven. 1, 28 u. 7, 89. – g) das goldene Vlies, Ov. met. 7, 155. – h) goldenes Haarband od. Haarnetz, Verg. Aen. 4, 138. – i) goldene Fäden, Verg. Aen. 3, 483. – od. Golddraht, ibid. 3, 467. – od. Goldblech, ibid. 5, 366. – k) bes. häufig gemünztes Gold, Goldmünzen, aula onusta auri, Plaut.: vide quaeso, ne qua lacuna sit in auro, Cic.: auri sacra fames, Verg.: perdere vidulum cum auro atque argento multo, Plaut.: spondeo et mille auri Philippûm dotis, 1000 Philippsdor, Plaut. trin. 1158. – II) poet. übtr.: A) Goldfarbe, Goldglanz, Goldschimmer, anguis cristis praesignis et auro, Ov. met. 3, 32: spicae nitido flaventes auro, Ov. met. 9, 689: saevo cum nox accenditur auro, Gestirn, das wie Gold strahlt, Val. Flacc. 5, 369. – B) das goldene Zeitalter, redeant in aurum tempora priscum, Hor. carm. 4, 2, 39: subiit argentea proles, auro deterior, Ov. met. 1, 115 (vgl. 15, 260).