English → Latin
“gold” in Latin
aurumgold (as mineral or metal); gold (colour); any object made of gold, such as a gold coin or a gold ringīnficiōto dip, to dunk, to submerge; to color, to dye, to imbue, to stain, to tinge; to corrupt, to poison, to spoil, to taint,aurōto gild (to overlay with gold)aureolusMade of gold, golden.; Adorned, covered or decorated with gold, gilded.; Of the color of gold, golden.aureusMade of gold, golden; gilded; Of the color of gold, gold-colored; shining or glittering like gold; of physical and menta
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
gold s.
aurum: rough, unwrought gold, aurum rude, infectum: wrought gold, aurum factum: spun gold, a web of gold, aurum netum: (Alcim., Avit., 6, 36): coined gold, aurum signatum: solid, massy gold, aurum solidum: pure gold, aurum purum: (made) of gold aureus; ex auro factus: overlaid with gold, auratus: adorned with gold, auro distinctus: worked with gold, auro intextus (both; e.g., of cloth). To be made of gold (figuratively; e.g., to be very rich), divitiis abundare; (more strongly), superare Crassum divitiis (Cic., Att., 1, 4, extr.): a vein of gold, vena auri: a bar or wedge of gold, later aureus: a grain of gold, auri mica or granum: a leaf of gold, bractea auri (poetical): a small leaf of gold, *bracteola auri: a plate of gold, lamina auri: to plate with gold, lamina inaurare: interwoven with gold, auro intextus: the art of embroidering in gold, *ars auro pingendi: a garment embroidered in gold, vestis auro intexta or distincta (interwoven with gold, or with golden spangles, or the like, attached; the latter was also, vestis Phrygionia, Plin., 8, 48, 74): a refiner of gold, auri coctor (Inscript.): a river whose sands roll gold, flumen, quod aurum vehit (Vid: Curt., 8, 9, 18): that bears gold, aurum vehens (of rivers; Vid: Curt., 8, 9, 18; ☞ aurifer is poetical); also, auro fertilis (e.g., flumen): to shine with gold, auro nitere: a mass of gold, auri massa or glebula (Plin, Ep., 10, 55, 3). PROV. You may trust him with untold gold, dignus est, quicum (ablative) in tenebris mices (i. e., he would not deceive you even in the dark): all is not gold that glitters, fronti nulla fides.
gold
(as adjective)(as adjective), [Vid: GOLDEN]: a gold thread, filum aureum: gold threads (plur.), aurum netum (spun gold, Alcim., Avit., 6, 36): a gold color, color in aurum inclinatus: of a gold color, colore in aurum inclinato (of a gold-like color); auratus, aureolus (that looks as if overlaid with gold): a gold fish, piscis auratus, aurei coloris piscis: ☞ The gold-fish is of the genus Cyprinus. A country that contains gold mines, regio auri ferax (after Curt., 8, 9, 15): gold coin, aureus or aureolus (with and without numus): a gold mine, auri fodina; metallum auri or aurarium: auraria, orum (sc. metalla); aurifodinae; aurariae.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for gold?
- The usual Latin words for “gold” are aurum, īnficiō, aurō; also aureolus, aureus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.