The corpus record — Latin

aereus1

aereus1 · adj

Made of copper

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Where it lives

Epigrammata Ausonii de diversis rebus 4 · 10.98/10k
Divus Vespasianus 1 · 3.13/10k
De Architectura 15 · 2.6/10k
Probus 1 · 2.43/10k
Severus 1 · 2.37/10k
Adversus Judaeos Liber 2 · 1.78/10k
Psychomachia 1 · 1.67/10k
Aeneid 10 · 1.58/10k
Tyranni Triginta 1 · 1.52/10k
De idolatria 1 · 1.45/10k
Naturalis Historia 53 · 1.34/10k
Thebais 6 · 0.96/10k

Densest 12 of 30 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. aerĕus — Lewis & Short

aerĕus (trisyl.), a, um, adj.aes.

I Made of copper: cornua, Verg. A. 7, 615: clavus, Plin. 16, 10, 20, § 51: tabulae, Suet. Vesp. 8: vasa, Vulg. 2 Reg. 8, 10.—

II Furnished or covered with copper or bronze: clipeus, Verg. A. 12, 541; so (with copper) Vulg. 1 Reg. 17, 6: puppis, Verg. A. 5, 198 (cf.: aeratae naves, Hor. C. 2, 16, 21).— aerĕus, i, m. (sc. nummus), a bronze coin: aereos signatos constituere, Vitr. 3, 1.— aerĕum, i, n., a copper color, Plin. 8, 52, 78, § 212.

2. āĕrĕus — Lewis & Short

āĕrĕus, a, um, v. aërius.

Where it came from

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