aurea

aurea

1. feminine singular of aureo

• auriae, ōreae, ōriae

From ōreae (“mouth-pieces”), hypercorrected and/or influenced by auris (“ear”), from ōs (“mouth”) +‎ -eus, see there for further etymology. Cf. aureā̆x and aurīga.

Compare Proto-Slavic *uzda — *usta relation.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈau̯.re.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaːu̯.re.a]

aurea f (genitive aureae); first declension

1. (usually in the plural, Late Latin) the bit and reins of a horse, bridle

In antiquity, this variant is attested only in Paulus' epitome of Sextus Pompeius Festus; the singular use is Medieval.

First-declension noun.

• aureā̆x
• aurīga

• “aurea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "aurea", 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)
• aurea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

aurea

1. inflection of aureus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

aureā

1. ablative feminine singular of aureus

• IPA^(key): [a.uˈre̯a]

aurea

1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of auri