auro
Dictionary entries
- Entry →auro, aurare, auravi, auratus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
gild, overlay with gold;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st - Entry →aurum, auri:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
gold (metal/color), gold money, riches;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
- P
Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...arma secutus fas omne abrumpit: Polydorum obtruncat, et auro ui potitur. quid non mortalia pectora cogis, auri sacra..." - P
Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...limina primi Poenorum exspectant, ostroque insignis et auro stat sonipes ac frena ferox spumantia mandit. tandem progreditur magna..." - P
Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...aras, caeruleae cui terga notae maculosus et auro squamam incendebat fulgor, ceu nubibus arcus mille iacit varios adverso..." - P
Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Icare, haberes. bis conatus erat casus effingere in auro, bis patriae cecidere manus. quin protinus omnia perlegerent oculis..." - P
Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...clarus ab alto intonuit, radiisque ardentem lucis et auro ipse manu quatiens ostendit ab aethere nubem. diditur..." - P
Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...ille mihi insignem pharetram Lyciasque sagittas discedens chlamydemque auro dedit intertextam, frenaque bina meus quae nunc habet aurea..." - P
Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...taurea terga nec duplici squama lorica fidelis et auro sustinuit; conlapsa ruunt immania membra, dat tellus gemitum..." - P
Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...acer erat; navis, quae forte paratae, corripiunt, onerantque auro: portantur avari Pygmalionis opes pelago; dux femina facti. Devenere..."