aurārĭus, a, um, adj. [aurum].
I Of or pertaining to gold , golden , gold- : statera, Varr. ap. Non. p. 455, 21: metalla, gold-mines , Plin. 37, 12, 74, § 193: fornax, for smelting gold , id. 34, 13, 34, § 132: negotium, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 51: canon, a tax upon purchase and sale , Cod. 10, 47, 10; cf.: auraria pensitatio, ib. 11, 61, 2; and absol. auraria, ib. 12, 6, 29.—Hence,
II Subst.
A aurārĭ-us , ii, m., a worker in gold , a goldsmith , Inscr. Orell. 3096.—
B aurārĭa , ae, f.
a (Sc. fodina.) A gold-mine , Tac. A. 6, 19. —
b A female worker in gold , or a golddealer , Inscr. Orell. 4065 (v. Orell. ad h. l.).