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MorphologyDictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Cooper: Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Brittanicae
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- 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 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.
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