English

Noun

aerugo ‎(uncountable)

1. metallic rust, particularly of brass or copper; verdigris

Translations

Latin

Roman coins (circa AD 253 to 305), with copper rust.

Etymology

From aes ‎(“copper, bronze, brass”). Compare ferrūgo ‎(“iron-rust”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ae̯ˈruː.ɡoː/

Noun

aerūgō f ‎(genitive aerūginis); third declension

1. rust of copper, verdigris
2. canker of the mind, ill will, envy, avarice

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• aerūginōsus

Descendants

References

• aerugo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aerugo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• AERUGO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “aerugo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• aerugo in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers