aurea

See also: áurea and Áurea

Italian

Adjective

aurea

1. feminine singular of aureo

Latin

Alternative forms

• auriae, ōreae, ōriae

Etymology 1

From ōreae (“mouth-pieces”), hypercorrected and/or influenced by auris (“ear”), from ōs (“mouth”) +‎ -eus, see there for further etymology. Cf. aureā̆x and aurīga.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.re.a/, [ˈäu̯reä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.re.a/, [ˈäːu̯reä]

Noun

aurea f (genitive aureae); first declension

1. (usually in the plural, Late Latin) the bit and reins of a horse, bridle

Usage notes

In antiquity, this variant is attested only in Paulus' epitome of Sextus Pompeius Festus; the singular use is Medieval.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aurea	aureae
Genitive	aureae	aureārum
Dative	aureae	aureīs
Accusative	auream	aureās
Ablative	aureā	aureīs
Vocative	aurea	aureae

Related terms

• aureā̆x
• aurīga

References

• “aurea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aurea 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)
• aurea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Etymology 2

Adjective

aurea

1. inflection of aureus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

aureā

1. ablative feminine singular of aureus

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a.uˈre̯a]

Verb

aurea

1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of auri