aurifodina

Latin

Alternative forms

• auri fodīna

Etymology

From aurum (“gold”) +‎ fodīna (“mine”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /au̯.ri.foˈdiː.na/, [äu̯rɪfɔˈd̪iːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯.ri.foˈdi.na/, [äu̯rifoˈd̪iːnä]

Noun

aurifodīna f (genitive aurifodīnae); first declension

1. A gold mine.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	aurifodīna	aurifodīnae
genitive	aurifodīnae	aurifodīnārum
dative	aurifodīnae	aurifodīnīs
accusative	aurifodīnam	aurifodīnās
ablative	aurifodīnā	aurifodīnīs
vocative	aurifodīna	aurifodīnae

Related terms

• argentīfodīna
• aurum
• crētifodīna
• fodīna
• harēnifodīna

References

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