I.adj. dim. [aureus].
I. Lit.
A. Of gold, golden: “anellus,” Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 34: “ensiculus,” id. Rud. 4, 4, 112: “corona,” Vulg. Exod. 25, 25; 30, 3; 37, 27: “malum,” Cat. 2, 12.—Hence, subst.: au-rĕŏlus , i, m. (sc. nummus), a gold coin, Mart. 5, 19; 12, 36.—
B. Covered or ornamented with gold, gilded: cinctus, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 553, 2: laquearia, Prud. περὶ στεφ. 9, 196.—
II. Trop., golden, splendid, brilliant, beautiful: “aureoli pedes,” Cat. 61, 163: “non magnus, verum aureolus et ad verbum ediscendus libellus,” Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 135: “oratiuncula,” id. N. D. 3, 17, 43.