aurugo
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From aurum (“gold”) + -ūgō. Perhaps related to Old Armenian աւր (awr).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [au̯ˈruː.ɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [au̯ˈruː.ɡo]
Noun
aurūgō f (genitive aurūginis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | aurūgō | aurūginēs |
| genitive | aurūginis | aurūginum |
| dative | aurūginī | aurūginibus |
| accusative | aurūginem | aurūginēs |
| ablative | aurūgine | aurūginibus |
| vocative | aurūgō | aurūginēs |
Synonyms
- (mildew): rōbīgō
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “aurugo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "aurugo", 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)
- aurugo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “aurūgō” on page 218/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)