auratus

Latin

Etymology

From aurum (“gold”) +‎ -ātus (“-ed”). Can also be analyzed as the perfect passive participle of aurō (“I gild”), which is cited by Priscian as the derivation. However, finite forms of this verb are rare and are first attested later than the adjective/participle, in a single doubtful passage in Tertullian.[1]

Pronunciation

Participle

aurātus (feminine aurāta, neuter aurātum); first/second-declension participle

  1. furnished, overlaid or ornamented with gold, gilded, having been gilded
  2. colored with gold, gold-coloured

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative aurātus aurāta aurātum aurātī aurātae aurāta
Genitive aurātī aurātae aurātī aurātōrum aurātārum aurātōrum
Dative aurātō aurātō aurātīs
Accusative aurātum aurātam aurātum aurātōs aurātās aurāta
Ablative aurātō aurātā aurātō aurātīs
Vocative aurāte aurāta aurātum aurātī aurātae aurāta

Adjective

aurātus (feminine aurāta, neuter aurātum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. golden
  2. gilded

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative aurātus aurāta aurātum aurātī aurātae aurāta
Genitive aurātī aurātae aurātī aurātōrum aurātārum aurātōrum
Dative aurātō aurātō aurātīs
Accusative aurātum aurātam aurātum aurātōs aurātās aurāta
Ablative aurātō aurātā aurātō aurātīs
Vocative aurāte aurāta aurātum aurātī aurātae aurāta

Descendants
  • Italian: orato, → aurato (learned)

References
  1. Nichols, E. W. (1916) "The Semantics of Latin Adjective Terminations." The American Journal of Philology, 37(4), 417–433. JSTOR, Archive.org page 428

Further reading
  • “auratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “auratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • auratus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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