aureus
λύχνον μεθ' ἡμέραν ἅψας περιῄει λέγων ἄνθρωπον ζητῶ → he lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, I am looking for a man
Latin > English
aureus aurea, aureum ADJ :: of gold, golden; gilded; gold bearing; gleaming like gold; beautiful, splendid
aureus aureus aurei N M :: gold coin (equivalent to 25 silver denarii at Rome) (120 grains/0.25 oz.)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
aurĕus: a, um, adj. id..
I Lit.
A Of gold, golden (syn.: aureolus, auratus, aurifer): patera, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 104 and 263: vasa, Vulg. Exod. 12, 35; ib. 2 Tim. 2, 20: torulus, Plaut. Am. prol. 144: imber, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 37: funis, Lucr. 2, 1154: torques. Vulg. Gen. 41, 42: simulacra, Lucr. 2, 24: mala Hesperidum, id. 5, 33: aurea mala, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6: pelles, id. ib.: corona (a gift for distinction in war), Liv. 7, 37, 1; Inscr. Orell. 363; 3453; 3475: corona, Vulg. Exod. 25, 11: candelabra, ib. Apoc. 1, 12: nummus, and absol.: aurĕus, i, m., the standard gold coin of Rome, a gold piece (first struck in the second Punic war), of the value of 25 denarii or 100 sestertii (weighing about 120 grains, and being about equal to £1, 1s. 1d. or $5.10), Cic. Phil. 12, 8: si (tibi) contigit aureus unus. Juv. 7, 122; fully, aureus nummus, Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 47; Suet. Calig. 42; id. Claud. 21; id. Vit. 16; id. Oth. 4; id. Dom. 7 al.—Of the Hebrew shekels (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. 4 Reg. 5, 5; ib. 2 Par. 9, 15; 9, 16.—Poet.: vis aurea tinxit Flumen, i. e. the power of changing every thing to gold, Ov. M. 11, 142.—
B Furnished with gold, wrought, interwoven, or ornamented with gold, gilded: victimam auream polcram immolabat, i. e. with gilded horns, Naev. 1, 12 (cf. Hom. Od. 3, 426): sella, Cic. Phil. 2, 34, and Prop. 5, 10, 28: cingula, Verg. A. 1, 492: Capitolia, id. ib. 8, 347. templa, Prop. 5, 1, 5: cuspis, Ov. M. 7, 673: Pactolus, whose waters flowed with gold, id. ib. 11, 87; cf: Lucr 5, 911 sq.—
C Of the color of gold, glittering like gold, golden: liquidi color aureus ignis, Lucr. 6, 205: Barba erat incipiens, barbae color aureus, Ov. M. 12, 395; Plin. 37, 5, 20, § 76; Gell. 2, 26, 5; Pall. Mart. 13, 4: lumina solis, Lucr. 5, 461; so, aurea Phoebe, Verg. G. 1, 431; Ov. M. 2, 723: luna, id. ib. 10, 448; Hor. Epod 17, 41: aureus sol, Verg. G 1, 232; 4, 51; so Ov. M. 7, 663: sidera, Verg A. 2, 488; 11, 832: caesaries, golden locks, id. ib. 8, 659: coma, Cat. 61, 95, and Ov. M. 12, 395: aurea mala, Verg. E. 3, 71, and 8, 52: Aurea pavonum ridenti imbuta lepore Saecla, the golden species of peacock, full of laughing beauty, Lucr 2, 502.—
II Trop., of physical and mental excellences or attractions, golden, beautiful, splendid: aurea Venus, Verg. A. 10, 16; Ov M. 10, 277; 15, 761: Amor, id. Am. 2, 18, 36: Copia, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 28: Aurea Phoebi porticus, Prop. 3, 29, 1: litus, Mart. 11, 80: aether, Ov. M. 13, 587: medicamentum, Col. 6, 14, 5 al.: dicta, vita, Lucr. 3, 12 and 13: mores, Hor. C 4, 2, 23: Qui nunc te fruitur credulus aureā, id. ib. 1, 5, 9: tua mater Me movet atque iras aurea vincit anus, Tib. 1, 6, 58: mediocritas, the golden mean, Hor. C. 2, 10, 5: aetas, the golden age, Ov. M. 1, 89: tempus, Hor. Epod. 16, 64.—Hence, Virgo = Astraea, Albin. 2, 23.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
aurĕus,⁸ a, um (aurum),
1 d’or : simulacra aurea Lucr. 2, 24, statues d’or, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 124 ; de Or. 3, 129, etc.; imber aureus Ter. Eun. 585, pluie d’or
2 doré, orné d’or, garni d’or : cingula aurea Virg. En. 1, 492, ceinture dorée, cf. Cic. Phil. 2, 85, etc.; aurea unda Varro Men. 234, flots qui roulent de l’or
3 de couleur d’or ; color aureus Lucr. 6, 205, de couleur d’or ; aurea sidera Virg. En. 2, 488, astres aux rayons d’or
4 [fig.] d’or, beau, splendide : aurea Venus Virg. En. 10, 16, la rayonnante Vénus ; aurea ætas Ov. M. 1, 89, l’âge d’or ; aurea mediocritas Hor. O. 2, 10, 5, la médiocrité bienheureuse ; aurea dicta Lucr. 3, 12, paroles d’or, cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 119 ; Off. 3, 70 ; aurei mores Hor. O. 4, 2, 23, mœurs pures || subst. m., aurĕus, pièce d’or = nummus aureus : Liv. 38, 11, 8 ; 44, 26, 4 ; Curt. 9, 1, 6 ; Suet. Cal. 42.
Latin > German (Georges)
aureus, a, um (aurum), golden, I) nach seinem Gehalte, 1) = aus Gold, a) eig.: patera, Plaut.: anulus, Cic.: anulus totus aureus (Ggstz. an. subauratus), Petr.: imber, Ter.: poculum, Cic. (vgl. pocula et aliae res aureae, Sall. fr.): scyphus, Tac.: vasa, Liv.: fibula, Verg.: corona, als Belohnung für tapfere Krieger, Liv.: armilla, Liv.: pecunia, Augustin.: nummus aureus, ein Goldstück, Golddenar (= rund 20 M, Ggstz. argenteus, ein Silberdenar = rund 80 Pf.), Plin. 33, 47 u. (Plur.) Plaut. trin. 1139 (mille nummûm aureûm). Cic. Phil. 12, 20. Liv. 21, 48, 9: u. dafür denarius aureus, Petr. 33, 3: nummi Philippei aurei, Plaut. asin. 153. Liv. 34, 52, 7; 39, 7, 1: oft subst. bl. aurei, Liv. 38, 11, 8; 44, 26, 4. Curt. 9, 1, 6. Suet. Cal. 42 u. ö. Schol. Iuven. 7, 243: mille aureûm (= aureorum), Apul. met. 7, 4: aurei Philippei, Vopisc. Bonos. 15, 8: Antoniani, Vopisc. Aurel. 9, 7: Valeriani, Treb. Poll. Claud. 17, 7. – Poet., vis aurea, die Kraft, alles in Gold zu verwandeln, Ov. met. 11, 142. – b) übtr., golden = überaus schön, reizend, allerliebst, vortrefflich, schätzbar, Venus, Verg.: copia, Hor.: saeculum, s. d. (vgl. gens, Verg.): mediocritas, Hor.: mores, Hor.: puella, Hor. – 2) mit Gold versehen, -gearbeitet, -durchwirkt, -beschlagen, -geschmückt, vergoldet, Pactolus, Goldsand führend, Ov.: palla, Varr. fr.: amiculum, Cic. u.a.: paludamentum, Plin.: vestis, cingula, Verg.: sella, Cic.: currus (v. Triumphwagen), Cic. – II) nach Ansehen u. Farbe, golden = goldfarbig, goldschimmernd, color, Lucr., Ov., Plin. u.a.: sidus, Verg.: caesaries, Verg.: uvae, Sen.: mala, Quitten, Varr. u. Verg.: flos, Plin.
Latin > Chinese
aureus, a, um. adj. :: 以金造者。鍍金。貴。美者。Aetas aurea 光天化日。 Aurei mores 好風俗之世。Malum aureum. v. aurantium.
aureus, i. m. :: 金錢。一个銀錢
Translations
golden
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