aeneus

English

Etymology

From the taxonomic name, from Latin aēneus (“bronze”).

Noun

aeneus

1. A kind of freshwater catfish, the bronze corydoras (Corydoras aeneus).

Latin

Alternative forms

• ahēneus

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *aesneos.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈeː.ne.us/, [äˈeːneʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈe.ne.us/, [äˈɛːneus]

Adjective

aēneus (feminine aēnea, neuter aēneum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) copper, bronze
2. made of copper, made of bronze
3. brazen

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	aēneus	aēnea	aēneum		aēneī	aēneae	aēnea
Genitive	aēneī	aēneae	aēneī		aēneōrum	aēneārum	aēneōrum
Dative	aēneō		aēneō		aēneīs
Accusative	aēneum	aēneam	aēneum		aēneōs	aēneās	aēnea
Ablative	aēneō	aēneā	aēneō		aēneīs
Vocative	aēnee	aēnea	aēneum		aēneī	aēneae	aēnea

Derived terms

• aēneolus
• aēnipēs

Related terms

• aēneātor
• aēnus
• aerāmen
• aerāmentum
• aerāria
• aerārium
• aerārius
• aereus
• aerifer
• aerificē
• aeripēs
• aerisonus
• aerōsus
• aerūca
• aerūginō
• aerūginōsus
• aerūgō
• aes

Descendants

• English: aeneous
• Italian: eneo
• Portuguese: éneo
• Spanish: éneo

References

• “aeneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aeneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aeneus 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)
• aeneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.