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The Latin word for gold is
aureus





gold



Translations for gold and their definitions

aurum
     1. n. gold (as mineral or metal)
     2. n. gold (colour)
     3. n. any object made of gold, such as a gold coin or a gold ring
     4. n. lustre
     5. n. a Golden Age


aureus
     1. adj. Made of gold, golden; gilded.
     2. adj. Of the color of gold, gold-colored; shining or glittering like gold.
     3. adj. (figuratively) golden, beautiful, splendid, magnificent, excellent.
     4. n. (numismatics) gold coin equivalent to 25 denarii, aureus (up to the 4th century AD)


flavens
     1. Participle. yellowing


auratus
     1. Participle. furnished, overlaid or ornamented with gold, gilded, having been gilded
     2. Participle. colored with gold, gold-coloured
     3. adj. golden
     4. adj. gilded


flavus
     1. adj. yellow, golden
     2. adj. blond, flaxen


flavum
     1. adj. nominative singular of flavus
     2. adj. masculine accusative singular of flavus
     3. adj. accusative singular of flavus
     4. adj. singular vocative of flavus


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