LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

auricula

auricula f (genitive auriculae)
Classical[au̯ˈrɪ.kʊ.ɫa]Ecclesiastical[au̯ˈriː.ku.la]

Meaning

  1. feminineexternal ear, earlap
    Tu, quemadmodum me censes oportere esse et in re publica et in nostris inimicitiis, ita et esse et fore auricula infima scito molliorem.Whatever line you think I ought to take in politics and in treating my opponents, be sure I shall take, and shall be "gentler than any ear-lap.54 B.C.E., Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Quintum Fratrem:
  2. feminineusuallyear
    auriculis magnis ac flaccis1934 translation by W. D. Hooper and Harrison Boyd Ash large and drooping ears116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, Rerum rusticarum 2.9.4

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeauriculaauriculae
ōriculae
genitiveauriculae
ōriculae		auriculārum
ōriculārum
dativeauriculae
ōriculae		auriculīs
ōriculīs
accusativeauriculam
ōriculam		auriculās
ōriculās
ablativeauriculāauriculīs
ōriculīs
vocativeauriculaauriculae
ōriculae

aurĭcŭla (or ōrĭcŭla, Trog. ap. Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 276; Balliol MS. Cic. ad Q. Fr. 2, 15 (Ellis ad Cat. 25, 2); cf. Fest. s. v. orata, p. 183 Müll.; cf. aurum
I. init.), ae, f. dim. auris.
I. The external ear, the ear-lap: sine te prendam auriculis, sine dem suavium, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 163: Praehende auriculis, id. As. 3, 3, 78: auriculam fortasse mordicus abstulisset, Cic. ad Q. Fr. 3, 4: rubentes, Suet. Aug. 69: fractae, Plin. 20, 9, 40, § 103; Vulg. Matt. 26, 51; ib. Marc. 14, 47; ib. Joan. 18, 26.—On account of its softness, prov.: auriculā infimā mollior, softer than the earlap, Cic. ad Q. Fr. 2, 15.—
II. In gen., the ear: ut omne Humanum genus est avidum nimis auricularum, have too itching ears, Lucr. 4, 594; Auct. ad Her. 4, 10; Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 16; 1, 2, 53; id. S. 1, 9, 20; 1, 9, 77; 2, 5, 33; Pers. 2, 30; Vulg. 1 Reg. 9, 15; ib. 2 Par. 17, 25.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
  3. Proto-Italic*auzis
  4. Latinauricula

Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -cula Latin auricula From auris (“ear”) + -cula (diminutive suffix).

Borrowings
  • Catalanaurícula
  • Englishauricle
  • Englishauricula
  • Frenchauricule
  • Italianauricola
  • Portugueseaurícula
  • Romanianauriculă
  • Spanishaurícula
  • Galicianaurícula
Insular Romance
  • Sardinianolicra
  • Sardinianoricia
  • Sardinianoricla
  • Sardinianoricra
  • Sardinianulicra
Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseourelha
  • Portugueseorelhafrom Old Galician-Portuguese orelha
  • Spanishorejafrom Old Spanish oreja
  • Galicianourella
  • Asturianoreya
  • Asturianoureya
  • Asturianourea
  • Leoneseoureya
  • Mirandeseoureilha
  • Gasconorelhafrom Aragonese orella
Gallo-Romance
  • Occitanaurelha
  • Catalanorella
  • Franco-Provençalorelye
  • Gasconaulhera
  • Gasconalhera
  • Vivaro-Alpineaurilhafrom Occitan aurelha
  • Old Frenchoreille
Italo-Romance
  • Italianorecchia
  • Neapolitanaurecchia
  • Old Italianurecchio
  • Sicilianauricchia
  • Sicilianaricchia
  • Sicilianâricchia
  • Sicilian'uricchia
  • Sicilianuricchia
  • Judeo-Italianרֵיקֵילַה
  • Neapolitanrecchia
Balkan Romance
  • Romanianureche
  • Aromanianureaclji
  • Megleno-Romanianureacľă
  • Istro-Romanianurecľe
  • Istro-Romanianuręklja
North Italian
  • Lombardauregia
  • Piedmonteseaurija
  • Piedmonteseauria
  • Emilianuraccia
  • Ligurianoêgia
  • Lombarduregia
  • Lombardoreggia
  • Piedmonteseorija
  • Piedmonteseoria
  • Friulianorele
Dalmatian
  • unknownoracla

Quick answers

What does auricula mean in Latin?
auricula, a noun, means “external ear, earlap; ear”.
What is the genitive of auricula?
The genitive singular is auriculae. auricula is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce auricula?
In classical Latin, [au̯ˈrɪ.kʊ.ɫa]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [au̯ˈriː.ku.la].
Where does auricula come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- → Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws → Proto-Italic *auzis → Latin auricula.