aurifluus

Latin

Etymology

From aurum (“gold”) +‎ fluō (“to flow”) +‎ -us.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈri.flu.us/, [äu̯ˈrɪfɫ̪uʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈri.flu.us/, [äu̯ˈriːfluːs]

Adjective

aurifluus (feminine auriflua, neuter aurifluum); first/second-declension adjective

1. flowing with gold

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	aurifluus	auriflua	aurifluum		aurifluī	aurifluae	auriflua
genitive	aurifluī	aurifluae	aurifluī		aurifluōrum	aurifluārum	aurifluōrum
dative	aurifluō	aurifluae	aurifluō		aurifluīs
accusative	aurifluum	aurifluam	aurifluum		aurifluōs	aurifluās	auriflua
ablative	aurifluō	aurifluā	aurifluō		aurifluīs
vocative	auriflue	auriflua	aurifluum		aurifluī	aurifluae	auriflua

Related terms

• aurāria
• aurārius
• aurāta
• aurātilis
• aurātūra
• aurātus
• aureātus
• Aurēlia
• Aurēlius
• aureolus
• aurēscō
• aureus
• auricoctor
• auricolor
• auricomāns
• auricomus
• aurifer
• aurifex
• aurificīna
• aurificium
• aurifodīna
• aurifrigium
• aurigāns
• aurigena
• auriger
• aurilegulus
• auripigmentum
• aurō
• aurōsus
• aurūgineus
• aurūginō
• aurūginōsus
• aurūgō
• aurulentus
• aurum

References

• “aurifluus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aurifluus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.