LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

aēneus

aēneus (feminine aēnea, neuter aēneum)
Classical[aˈeː.ne.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[aˈɛː.ne.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiverelationalcopper, bronze
  2. adjectivemade of copper, made of bronze
  3. adjectivebrazen

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeaēneusaēnea
ahēnea		aēneum
ahēneum
genitiveaēneī
ahēneī		aēneae
ahēneae		aēneī
ahēneī
dativeaēneō
ahēneō		aēneae
ahēneae		aēneō
ahēneō
accusativeaēneum
ahēneum		aēneam
ahēneam		aēneum
ahēneum
ablativeaēneō
ahēneō		aēneā
ahēneā		aēneō
ahēneō
vocativeaēnee
ahēnee		aēnea
ahēnea		aēneum
ahēneum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeaēneī
ahēneī		aēneae
ahēneae		aēnea
ahēnea
genitiveaēneōrum
ahēneōrum		aēneārum
ahēneārum		aēneōrum
ahēneōrum
dativeaēneīs
ahēneīs		aēneīs
ahēneīs		aēneīs
ahēneīs
accusativeaēneōs
ahēneōs		aēneās
ahēneās		aēnea
ahēnea
ablativeaēneīs
ahēneīs		aēneīs
ahēneīs		aēneīs
ahēneīs
vocativeaēneī
ahēneī		aēneae
ahēneae		aēnea
ahēnea

aēnĕus (less freq. ăhēn-), a, um, adj.,
I. of bronze [aes].
I. Of copper or bronze: equus, Cic. Off. 3, 9: statua, id. Phil. 9, 6: candelabra, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 26: loricae, Nep. Iphicr. 1; Hor. C. 3, 3, 65; 3, 9, 18; 3, 16, 1; id. Ep. 2, 1, 248: ahenea proles, the brazen age, Ov. M. 1, 125: aëneus (quadrisyl.) ut stes, i. e. that a bronze statue may be erected to thee, id. Sat. 2, 3, 183.—
II. Of the color of bronze: barba, Suet. Ner. 2; cf. Aenobarbus.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ey-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éyos
  3. Proto-Italic *ajos ~*ajesos
  4. Proto-Italic*ajesnos
  5. Proto-Italic*aeznos
  6. Proto-Italic*aezneos
  7. Latinaēneus

Inherited from Proto-Italic *aezneos.

Descendants
  • Englishaeneous
  • Italianeneo
  • Portugueseéneo
  • Spanishéneo

Quick answers

What does aēneus mean in Latin?
aēneus, a adjective, means “copper, bronze; made of copper, made of bronze; brazen”.
How do you pronounce aēneus?
In classical Latin, [aˈeː.ne.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [aˈɛː.ne.us].
Where does aēneus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey-? → Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyos → Proto-Italic *ajos ~ *ajesos → Proto-Italic *ajesnos → Proto-Italic *aeznos → Proto-Italic *aezneos → Latin aēneus.