Aurelius

English

Etymology

From Latin Aurēlius.

Proper noun

Aurelius

  1. A male given name; of mostly historical use in the Anglo-Saxon world.
    • 1992 Anne Rice, The Tale of the Body Thief, Arrow Books, →ISBN, page 169:
      Would the name Marcus Aurelius have meant anything to him? In all probability, he would have thought it a fancy name for a black slave.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From aurum (“gold”).

Proper noun

Aurēlius m (genitive Aurēliī or Aurēlī, feminine Aurēlia); second declension

  1. Name of a plebeian Roman gens.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Aurēlius Aurēliī
Genitive Aurēliī
Aurēlī1		 Aurēliōrum
Dative Aurēliō Aurēliīs
Accusative Aurēlium Aurēliōs
Ablative Aurēliō Aurēliīs
Vocative Aurēlī Aurēliī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

References
  • Aurelius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Aurelius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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