Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
aurum [awr-uh m] ExamplesWord Origin noun Chemistry.
- gold. Symbol: Au
Origin of aurum 1490–1500; Latin: gold Examples from the Web for aurum Historical Examples of aurum
The basis of this preparation is the aurum musivum, or bisulphuret of tin.
Cooley’s Practical Receipts, Volume II
Arnold Cooley
It was collected every four years, whence the aurum lustrale.
A. H. L. (Arnold Hermann Ludwig) Heeren
Thus, aurum denotes the same idea in Latin, and or in French.
English Grammar in Familiar Lectures
Samuel Kirkham
Nothing can be more unlike than gold, χρυσος, and aurum; than silver and argentum; than ferrum and σιδηρος.
The Archaeology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland
Daniel Wilson
The gold bronze is usually made of Dutch gold (an alloy of copper and zinc) and of the bisulphide of tin (aurum musivum).
Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.–No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877
Various
British Dictionary definitions for aurum aurum noun
- obsolete gold
Word Origin for aurum C16: Latin aurum in Medicine aurum [ôr′əm] n.
- Gold.
