aeneus

Etymology

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

Noun

aeneus

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

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

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.