Dictionary formaurum, auri(neuter)
Translation
gold
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Grammar
Cases
| Case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativethe subject | aurum | aura |
| Vocativecalling someone: O ... | aurum | aura |
| Accusativethe direct object; after ad, in (into), per | aurum | aura |
| Genitiveof | auri | aurorum |
| Dativeto, for | auro | auris |
| Ablativeby, with, from; after a, ab, cum, de, e, ex, in (in), sine | auro | auris |
Examples
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There was much gold in the temple.
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The crown was made of gold.
argentumque .
They gave gold and silver to the enemy.
perdit.
Love of gold ruins men.
pugnatur.
The fighting is done with gold and iron.
Aurum, auri, n., second declension, and entirely regular. The adjective is aureus, "golden", which doubled as the name of the standard gold coin, so aureus in a text about money is a coin and not a colour.
Material is expressed either with the bare ablative or with ex plus the ablative, both correct: auro factus and ex auro factus. English gold is Germanic and unrelated, which is why nothing in the everyday vocabulary looks like aurum; the Latin came in sideways, through aureole, oriole, the heraldic tincture "or", and the chemical symbol Au. French or and Spanish oro are the direct descendants.
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