inauro Latin · revision 32671

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *h₂é-h₂us-o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪˈnau̯.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [iˈnaːu̯.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''inaurō''' (present infinitive inaurāre, perfect active inaurāvī, supine inaurātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|in-|aurum|-ō|t2=gold]], a verb like [[deauro|alt=dēaurō]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|aurum]] to [[itc-pro|*auso-]] and Driessen's [[ine-pro|*h₂é-h₂us-o-|t=glow]], comparing [[lt|áuksas|t=gold]];^(de Vaan 2008) Paul the Deacon's Festus records a Sabine form ⟨ausum⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short quote it from Cicero, of a gilded statue in the Verrines.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to overlay with gold, gild, most often in the past participle: Cicero has a gilded column and a gilded statue of Romulus, and the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' a gilded robe.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Vitruvius and Pliny the Elder use it of gilding bronze roof tiles.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Figuratively it is to make rich: Cicero thinks a friend would rather be consulted by Caesar than enriched by him, and Horace hopes a stream of fortune may at once make someone rich.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Juvenal has a gilded Hercules, and Tertullian a peacock more golden than any border.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it to gild, cover with gold.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of gilded statues and of enriching.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of being made rich by fortune.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder of gilded tiles.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|gild]], overlay with gold.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Figuratively, to make rich.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[inaurātor]]

+ * [[inauratūra]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aurō]]

+ * [[aurum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}