aes

ae-s Vorlage:lat. ‘Erz, Kupfer, Geld’

From Proto-Italic *aos, early *ajos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyos.

Cognate with English ore.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ae̯s/, [äe̯s̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /es/, [ɛs]

Noun

aes n (genitive aeris); third declension

1. money, pay, fee, fare
2. copper, bronze, brass [ quotations ▼]

   alicuius ex aere imago ― the bronze statue of someone

3. payment, debt

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aes	aera
Genitive	aeris	aerum
Dative	aerī	aeribus
Accusative	aes	aera
Ablative	aere	aeribus
Vocative	aes	aera

Synonyms

• (copper, bronze): aerāmen
• (copper): cuprum