aureos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aureus, aurei:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
gold coin (equivalent to 25 silver denarii at Rome) (120 grains/0.25 oz.);
acc. pl.nom. sg. - Entry →aureus, aurea, aureum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
of gold, golden; gilded; gold bearing; gleaming like gold; beautiful, splendid;
acc. pl. (m.)
Examples
Aulularia
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...sunt comitia.— 700 IV.viii STROBILVS Picis divitiis, qui aureos montes colunt, ego solus supero. nam istos reges ceteros..."Liber III
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Cosmianis ipse fusus ampullis non erubescit murice aureo nobis diuidere moechae pauperis capillare. Septunce multo deinde perditus stertit..."Liber I
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...ipsa figendas prope Voberca prandenti feras; aestus serenos aureo franges Tago obscurus umbris arborum; auidam rigens Dercenna placabit..."Liber XIX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...autem quod te nimis laudes si contempseris aureos lectos et gemmeam supellectilem; quae est enim virtus supervacua contemnere..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...refert utrum aegrum in ligneo lecto an in aureo colloces - quocumque illum transtuleris, morbum secum suum transferet..."Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...steterat sacerdos: dum manus certum parat alta uulnus, aureo taurus rutilante cornu labitur segnis; patuit sub ictu ponderis..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...sestertiorum. Retulimus ergo dextros pedes, dispensatoremque in atrio aureos numerantem deprecati sumus ut servo remitteret poenam. Superbus ille..."Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...adtinet aurarium. mille et ducentos Philippos attulimus aureos Epheso, quos hospes debuit nostro seni. inde ego hodie aliquam..."