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- noun Plural of
aureus .
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- noun Plural form of
aureus .
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Examples
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If they are all like the first, which I have read, they are _sermones aurei, ac auro magis aurei_.
Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 James Boswell 1767
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Coinage issues reinforced the message; gold aurei issued in 202 featured a portrait bust of Domna framed on either side by the profiles of her sons.
Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010
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Rom. similes a. bacculorum calculis, secundum computantis arbitrium, modo aerei sunt, modo aurei; ad nutum regis nunc beati sunt nunc miseri.
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Sed ex eo tempore quo ibat ad Ieroboam, filium Nebat, vituli aurei fabricati sunt, et à decem tribubus adorata, vocata est Bethauen, id est, Domus Idoli, quæ antè vocabatur Domus Dei.
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De vestibus et habitu eorum noueritis, quod de Cataya et alijs regionibus Orientis, et etiam de Perside et alijs regionibus austri veniunt eis panni serici et aurei, et telæ de bambasio, quibus induuntur in æstate.
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Sed ex eo tempore quo ibat ad Ieroboam, filium Nebat, vituli aurei fabricati sunt, et � decem tribubus adorata, vocata est Bethauen, id est, Domus Idoli, qu� ant� vocabatur Domus Dei.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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De vestibus et habitu eorum noueritis, quod de Cataya et alijs regionibus Orientis, et etiam de Perside et alijs regionibus austri veniunt eis panni serici et aurei, et tel� de bambasio, quibus induuntur in 鎠tate.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Et fuit, quum complevissent cameli bibere, protulit vir inaurem auream, semissis pondus ejus: et duas armillas, et posuit super manus ejus: decem aurei pondus earum.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996
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[164] Di mediocre statura, gracile in aspetto, di faccia alquanto lunga, il naso profilato e bello, li capelli aurei, gli occhi bianchi, la bocca alquanto grande con li denti candidissimi; la gola schietta e bianca ornata con decente valore, ed in essere continuamente allegra e ridente.
Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day Ferdinand Gregorovius
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As in the time of the Roman republic eighty-four denarii were coined out of one pound of silver, and twenty-five denarii (or 100 sesterces) constituted one Roman aureus, the amount of silver here mentioned is equivalent to 672,000 nummi aurei.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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