aureus

aureus (poet. aureā, aureō, aureīs, disyl.), adj.

aurum, of gold, golden : imber, T.: corona (a military distinction), L.: vis, of turning into gold , O.: nummus, a gold coin, piece (worth $5.10 or £1 1 s .). — As subst m . (sc. nummus), L., Cu.— Golden, ornamented with gold, gilded : sella: cingula, V.: cuspis, O.: Pactolus, with golden sand , V.— Fig., glittering like gold, golden : color, O.: Venus, with golden hair , V.: luna, O.: caesaries, V.— Beautiful, golden, magnificent, excellent : aether, O.: mores, H.: mediocritas, the golden mean , H.: genus: aetas, the golden age , O.: tempus, H.: saecula, V.