aereus
Latin
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]aes, aeris + -eus
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈae̯.re.us/, [ˈäe̯reʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.re.us/, [ˈɛːreus]
Adjective
[edit]aereus (feminine aerea, neuter aereum); first/second-declension adjective
- (relational) copper, bronze
- made of bronze or copper, furnished with bronze or copper
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | aereus | aerea | aereum | aereī | aereae | aerea | |
| Genitive | aereī | aereae | aereī | aereōrum | aereārum | aereōrum | |
| Dative | aereō | aereō | aereīs | ||||
| Accusative | aereum | aeream | aereum | aereōs | aereās | aerea | |
| Ablative | aereō | aereā | aereō | aereīs | |||
| Vocative | aeree | aerea | aereum | aereī | aereae | aerea | |
Descendants
[edit]- → Portuguese: éreo
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aːˈe.re.us/, [äːˈɛreʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈe.re.us/, [äˈɛːreus]
Adjective
[edit]āereus (feminine āerea, neuter āereum); first/second-declension adjective
Further reading
[edit]- “aereus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aereus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aereus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- aereus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
