Latin

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

Adjective

aerūginōsus m ‎(feminine aerūginōsa, neuter aerūginōsum); first/second declension

1. rusty, covered with copper rust
   • Seneca the Younger, De Brevitate Vitae 10.12

     Illum tu otiosum vocas qui Corinthia, paucorum furore pretiosa, anxia suptilitate concinnat et maiorem dierum partem in aeruginosis lamellis consumit?

     Would you say that that man is at leisure who arranges with finical care his Corinthian bronzes, that the mania of a few makes costly, and spends the greater part of each day upon rusty bits of copper? — J. Basore, 1932 translation

   • Seneca the Elder, Controversiae, I.2.21

     […] ut Bassus Iulius qui dixit: ‘extra portam hanc virginem’ et: ‘ostende istam aeruginosam manum’ [...]

     […] like Bassus Julius, who said: ‘this maiden outside of the gate’ and ‘show that rusty hand of yours’ [...]

Inflection

First/second declension.

Related terms

Descendants

References

• aeruginosus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “aeruginosus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.