aerugo

See also: ærugo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aerūgō, from aes (“copper, bronze, brass”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iːˈɹuːɡoʊ/, /ɪˈɹuːɡoʊ/, /aɪˈɹuːɡoʊ/

Noun

aerugo (uncountable)

  1. metallic rust, particularly of brass or copper; verdigris

Translations

Anagrams

Latin

Roman coins (circa AD 253 to 305), with copper rust.

Etymology

aes (“copper”, “bronze”, “brass”, oblique stem: aer-) +‎ -ūgō

Pronunciation

Noun

aerūgō f (genitive aerūginis); third declension

  1. rust of copper, verdigris
  2. canker of the mind, ill will, envy, avarice

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative aerūgō aerūginēs
genitive aerūginis aerūginum
dative aerūginī aerūginibus
accusative aerūginem aerūginēs
ablative aerūgine aerūginibus
vocative aerūgō aerūginēs

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Romanian: rugină
  • Sardinian: arroina, arrúnia, orroina, rubinzu, arroinu, ruinu, arruinu
  • Spanish: orín, roña, erúgine
  • Venetian: rùxen, rùxene, rùzen

References

  • aerugo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • aerugo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • aerugo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • aerugo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • “aerūgō” on page 70/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
  • aerugo in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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