auratus Latin · revision 31263

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=ine-pro *h₂é-h₂us-o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [au̯ˈraː.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [au̯ˈraː.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aurātus''' (feminine aurāta, neuter aurātum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the participle of [[m|la|aurō|t=to gild]], as the OLD and Priscian take it, or formed directly from [[m|la|aurum|t=gold]] with the suffix [[m|la|-ātus]], since finite forms of the verb are rare.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives ⟨aurum⟩ from [[itc-pro|*auso-|t=gold]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂é-h₂us-o-|t=glow]], cognate with [[lt|áuksas|t=gold]] and [[prg|ausis|t=gold]];^(de Vaan 2008) Paulus' epitome of Festus records a Sabine form ⟨ausum⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler gives Ennius as its first author,^(Köbler 2010) who has warriors drinking “from gilded bowls”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is overlaid with gold or gilded, adorned or embroidered with gold, as Plautus' couches inlaid with ivory and gold, of sacrificial animals with gilded horns, as Livy's ox, and of people wearing gold ornaments, as in Plautus' ''Menaechmi''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also made of gold, golden, as Ovid's golden arrow and Catullus' Golden Fleece, containing gold, as Lucretius' gold-bearing mines, and gold-coloured, as the golden evening star of the ''Culex'';^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''aurāta'' is the gilthead fish.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ The TLL records ''aurāta mors'' of Crassus, into whose mouth the Parthians poured gold.^(TLL) Köbler finds it in medieval medicine in Constantine the African.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of gilded bowls.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of gold-inlaid couches.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of gold-bearing mines.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1020–1087 – Constantine the African.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|gilded|alt=Gilded]], overlaid with gold; adorned with gold; wearing gold.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Made of gold, [[m|en|golden]]; gold-bearing.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Gold-coloured;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''aurāta'', the [[m|en|gilthead]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[obaurātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aurum]]

+ * [[aureus]]

+ * [[aurō]]

+ * [[inaurō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}