aurum

Etymology

From Latin aurum (“gold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.ɹəm/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹəm

Noun

aurum (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) gold, used in the names of various substances (see Derived terms)

Alternative forms

• ausum

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *auzom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂é-h₂us-o- (“glow”), from *h₂ews- (“to dawn, become light, become red”). Cognate with Lithuanian áuksas, Old Lithuanian ausas, Old Prussian ausis, Tocharian A wäs, Tocharian B yasā.^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.rum/, [ˈau̯.rũ]

Noun

aurum n (genitive aurī); second declension

1. gold (as mineral or metal)
2. gold (colour)
3. any object made of gold, such as a gold coin or a gold ring
4. lustre
5. a Golden Age

References

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 63

Further reading

• aurum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aurum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aurum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• aurum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• aurum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aurum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Alternative forms

• اءوروم‎

Etymology

Borrowed from English aurum, from Latin aurum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aurom], [aurəm], [ɔrəm]
• Rhymes: -urom, -rom, -om

Noun

aurum (Jawi spelling اءوروم‎)

1. gold (element)