The Latin word for gold is
aureus
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 |
| flavens | |
| 1. Participle. yellowing |
| 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) |
| flavus | |
| 1. adj. yellow, golden | |
| 2. adj. blond, flaxen |
| 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 |
| 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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