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; patina

Translations

metallic rust

• Bulgarian: патина (bg) (patina)
• Swedish: ärg (sv) c

Anagrams

• Aguero

Latin

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ae̯ˈruː.ɡoː/, [äe̯ˈruːɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈru.ɡo/, [eˈruːɡo]

Noun

aerūgō f (genitive aerūginis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	aerūgō	aerūginēs
genitive	aerūginis	aerūginum
dative	aerūginī	aerūginibus
accusative	aerūginem	aerūginēs
ablative	aerūgine	aerūginibus
vocative	aerūgō	aerūginēs

Derived terms

• aerūginōsus

Descendants

• Via aerūgō:
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Neapolitan: ruzza
    • Sicilian: ruggia, ruzza
  • North-Italian:
    • Ligurian: ruzze
    • Piedmontese: ruzo
• Via aerūginis:
  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: arudzinã
    • Romanian: rugină
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: ruggine
    • Neapolitan: ruzzena
    • Sicilian: rùnija
  • North-Italian:
    • Emilian: ruzna, rozna
    • Friulian: ruzin
    • Ligurian: ruzzina
    • Lombard: ruzen, ruzna
    • Piedmontese: ruzna
    • Romagnol: ròzna
    • Venetan: rùxen, rùxene, rùzen
  • Sardinian: arroina, arrúnia, orroina, rubinzu, arroinu, ruinu, arruinu
• Via aurīgō:
  • North-Italian:
    • Piedmontese: rizo
• Via aurīginis:
  • North-Italian:
    • Ligurian: rizzane
    • Romagnol: rezna
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Spanish: orín
• Borrowings:
  • → English: aerugo, aerugite
  • → Portuguese: aerugita
  • → Spanish: erúgine

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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