Aura, auræ. Winde: ayre: a softe coole of winde: sometime brightnesse: also fauour of the people.Aprica Zephyri aura. Col. A warme coole of.Cereales auræ. Plin. Dulcis aura.Virg. Aurarum leues animæ. Luc. Iucundæ auræ. Catul. Leues auræ. Claud. Aura modica Iuuenal. Rorifera aura. Sen. Teneræ auræ aeris. Lucr. Tepentes auræ. Ouid. Aura.Virg.Winde.Æquatæ spitant auræ.Virg. Id est, prosperæ, vt interpretatur. Seruius. Facilis aura.Ouid.A prosperous winde.Fluens aura. Luean. Frigida aura. Lucret. Gelida. Lucret. Genitabilis aura Fauonij. Lucret. Grandior aura.Ouid.A great winde.Languida.Ouid. Lenis Catul. Leuis Ouid.Auræ niuales. Horat. Colde windes bringing snow.Petulantes auræ. Lucret. Rough and troublous windes.Rapida aura.Ouid.A vehement winde.Spirantes dimouet auras.Virg.Stridentes auræ.Val. Flac.Tenues aeris auræ. Lucr. Tepentes auræ Zephyri. Virg.Tumens aura.Ouid. Ventola. Ouid.Verna incertior aura.Ouid.Cæli violentior aura.Stat.Volucri fugacior aura.Ouid.Swifter then winde. Accipere & reddere auras sollibus.Virg.To blowe with bellowes.Aspirant auræ.Virg.The winde is with vs.Cursum dat aura.Ouid.Colligere auras velis. Lucan. Glaciantes auræ Boreæ. Valer. Flac. Impelli auris. Lucret. To be set for ward with the winde.Mouere auram.Ouid.Æquor stringitur aura.Ouid. Vide STRINGO. Aura.The ayre.Virg. Verrántque per auras. Æria aura.Ouid. Ætheria aura. Virg.The high ayre.Celeres auræ.Virg. Communes auræ. Ouid.Diffusa aura.Virg. Dulcis aura. Val. Flac.Feruentes auræ.Ouid. Fœda aura. Stat.Liquidæ auræ. Lucan. The pure and cleare ayre.Mota aura.Ouid. Aura nocturna. Horat. Pingues auræ. Val Flac. Grosse ayre.Sonantes auræ.Virg. Suaues auræ. Lucret. Vacuæ auræ.Ouid. Vaga aura. Ouid.Vanæ auræ. Claud. Volucres auræ. Virg. Attollere se in auras.Virg.To auaunce it selfe aloste into the ayre.Captare naribus auras. Sen. To sent, as houndes do in hunting. Auras vitales carpere. Virg.To liue.Circinare auras.Ouid.To turne round in the ayre.Euehere se in volucres auras. Virgil. To mounte, andflee vp into the ayre.Auras ferre.Virg.To abide the ayre of a place.Fugere in auras. Sen. Haurire auram communem. Quint. To liue.Implere vlulatibus auras. Valer. Flac. To howle, that all the ayre shall ring with it.Præteruolare auras. Sil. Reducere naribus auras. Lucret. Scindere auras. Sil. To flee: to cut the ayre.Terebrare auram.Ouid.To pierse the ayre.Trahere auras. Sen. Aura ætherea vesci.Virg.To liue.Vitiare auras.Ouid.To corrupt or infect. Aura auri.Virg.The glistring of gold. Aura. Quint. Fauout.Aura populatis.Auræ popularis homo.Liu.One that seeketh fauour of the people. Fallax aura Horat. Mollior aura.Ouid.Better fortune.Aura honoris.Cic. Aura rumoris. Cic.A small rumor.Libertatis auram captare.Liu.To haue hope to obteyne.
Auris, huius auris, f. g. An eare. Auris etiam in brutis: vt Auribus lupum tenere. Ter. Aibitrio consibóque auris vti. Gell. Tarditas aurium. Plin. Dull hearing.Voluptas aurium. Quint. Acutæ aures. Horat. Sharpe eares or pointed.Aure agresti homo. Gell. Qui caret aurium indicio. Aures applicate. Varro. Close to the head.Arrectæ aures.Virg.Stãding: also attentiue: ready to heare.Artenta auris Horat. Artonitæ aures. Sen. Auida auris. Claud. Ouid.Ready to harken.Bibulæ aures. Peri. That receyueth flattring praises, as sand soketh water.Binæ aures.Virg.Calens auris. Iuuenal. Capaces aures.Cic.Castæ aures. Claud. That will heare no vucleane wordes.Cauæ aures.Ouid.Clementes aures Claud.Vocibus ambiguis decepta auris.Ouid.Aures decisæ. Tac. Cut eares.Demissæ aures.Virg.Hanging eares.Dextra auris.Ouid.Docilis auris. Claud. Duræ aures.Virg.That will not harken.Festæ aures. Claud. Fide aures.Ouid.That will not vtter secretes.Fissa auris. Pers. Cleft eare.Flaccidæ aures. Col. Hanging eares.Geminæ aures Ouid. Gratæ aures. Claud. Hebetes.Cic.Dull of hearing.Hispidæ. Sen. Hearie eares.Humana auris. Horat. Ima auris. Plin. The bottome of the eare.Inuitæ aures.Ouid.That heare vuwillingly.Læua auris.Ouid.Lassæ aures. Horat. Memor auris.Ouid.Misera auris. Iuuenal. Mutilatæ aures.Liu.Cropped eares.Obseratæ aures. Horat. Stopped.Odiosæ.Ouid.Patiens culturæ auris. Horat. That will abide instruction.Patulæ aures. Horat. Open eares.Pauidæ aures.Ouid. Placidæ. Virg.Pronæ. Claud Attentiue: ready to heare.Rimosa auris. Horat. That cannot keepe counsayle.Secreta. Horat. Securæ aures. Ouid.Sitientes aures.Cic.Very desirous to heare.Sollicitæ. Lucret. Stolidæ.Ouid.That hath no iudgement.Surdæ. Tibul. Suspensis auribus aliquid bibere. Proper. To harken diligetly.Atticorum aures teretes & religiosæ.Cic.Timidæ.Ouid. Trepidæ. Sen. Tritæ aures.Cic.Accustomed or vsed to heare.Vacuæ.Ouid.Vaporata auris. Persihoc est, Vapore seu colore halitus perfusa. Vigili aure aliquid trahere.Stat. Id est attentissimè audirc. Aures verberatæ sermombus. Tac. Abhorret nobis auris deorum arque animus.Cic.God wil not heare vs, nor ayde vs.Abuti auribus alicuius.Plin. iun.Accidit auribus, & ad Aures.Plin. iun.Liu.I heard: it came to my hearing.Ad aurem alicui accedere.Cic.To come and tell in ones eare.Accipere auribus. Quint. To heare.Accommodare aures. Claud. To harken: to hold to his eare.Aures alicuius adire. Tac. To goe and tell one.Admittere aliquid auribus.Liu.Not to refuse to heare.Admonere ad aurem.Cic.To warne one in his eare.Admouere aurem.Cic.To harken.Aures monitis aduertere. Propert. To harken to ones aduertisement.Afferre aures odiosas verbis.Ouid.To be loth to heare.Agnoscere auribus.Cic.To know one by hearing him speake.Aures arrigere.Terent.To harken diligently.Aure non auersa audire. Tibul. To heare gladly.Auribus parum audire. Cato. To be dull of hearing.Bibere aure. Horat. To harken diligently.Calent aures nostræ illius criminibus.Cic.Our eares glowe or burne with often hearing of his wicked actes.Canere auibus furdis.Liu.To tell a tale to a deafe man.Auribus capere spolia.Plaut.To harken priuily what his enemies counsaile is, and to ouercome him, and spoyle him.Factum mirabile ceperat aures.Ouid.The merueilous acte made them attentiue.Captare auribus acra.Virg.To harken which way the winde bloweth.Circuit sonus aures.Stat.Aures vocibus circumsonant.Cic.Our eares heare this on euery side.Aures claudere ad voces doctissimas.Cic.To stoppe.Claudere aures veritati.Cic.To stoppe against.Commodare aures alicui. Sen. To giue eare: to harken.Competere auribus dieitur res aliqua. Tac. To be fit.Aures complere sermonibus. Claud. Conciliare sibi aures. Claud. Concipere aure sonos. Claud. Consulere aures. Contingere pauidus aures dicitur scelus. Ou. To haue heard of.Dare alicui aures.Cic.To giue eareFaciles dare aures. Sen. To harken gentlely.Iustas dare vocibus aures.Val. Flac.To harken to, and consider.Auribus alterius aliquid dare. Trebonius. To flatter: to speake that he knoweth will please.Dedere aures suas poetis.Cic.To harken diligently to.Niueus lapis deducit aures.Senec.He hath pearles hanging at his eares.Dicere aliquid dignum auribus.Cic.Worthy hearing.In aurem dicere. Plin. To tell softly in the eare.Diuidere aures aliò. Catul. To harken to other.Dormire in vtranuis aurem.Terent.To sleepe soundly: to take no care for.Efficere dignum auribus hominum.Cic.Worthy to be heard.Erigere aures.Cic.To harken: to hold vp the eares.Exigiaure. Quint. To be iudged by the eare.Ferit sonus aures. Sen. Stirreth: delighceth.Faciles aures habere. Quint. To be heard gently.Habere teretes aures.Cic.Fine eares.Si aliquid auris habes. sentias suauitatem sonitus. Gell. Aures hebetes habere.Cic.To heare dully.Implere aures auditoris.Cic.To content.Implere aures sermonibus.Ouid.To fill.Inculcare se auribus alicuius.Cic.Influere in aures populi.Cic.Inseruire auribus. Gell. To speake as may please.Insusurrare in aurem. Vide INSVSVRRO. To whisper.Interroga aurem tuam, quo quid loco conueniat. Gell. Id est, Aures tuas consule, Aurium iudicio vtere. Iuuare aures cantu. Lucret. To velight.Lacessunt voces aures. Lucret. Micare auribus.Virg.To moue vp and downe.Mouet fragor aures. Sen. Mulcere aures. Ouid.Obgannire ad aurem. Ter. To chatte or babble hard by.Obstruere aures.Virg.To stoppe.Offendere aures.Cic.To displease.Obtusæ aures aliqua re.Cic.Deafe with hearing it still.Onerare aures odio.Salust.Pandere ruoribus aurÊ auidã. Clau. To be ready to heare.Parcere auribus alicuius. Se. Not to wery wich to much talk.Patefacere aures assentatoribus.Cic.To harken to.Aures præceptis omnium monitísque patent.Cic.He is ready to heare.Aures patent ad disputationem.Cic.Pepulit fremitus aures meas. Sen. I heard.Percunctari aurem suam. Gell. Id est, Aures suas consulere. Percussit aures murmur. Sen. Peregrinantur aures tuæ? Cicer.Be thy eares straungers: knowest thou not, that euery man heareth?Perfluunt aures dicta. Quint. Passe by vnmarked.Permouere aures precibus. Claud. Permulcere assistentium aures. Quint. Personare aures alicuius Cic.To cry at ones eare.Perstringere aures. Horat. Peruenire ad aures. Virg.Præbere aurem.Ouid.Præcludere aures alicui. Quint. To stop his eares at him: not to heare him.Prouellere aurem. Sen. To admonish.Pulsat aures vlulatus. Claud. Radere aures delicatas. Quint. To offend.Recipere autibus.Stat.Recipere sonum aures dicuntur.Cic.Respirant aures forensi asperitate. Quint. Haue rest from.Respuunt aures quod durum atque absonum est. Gell. Sequi aurem, id est, iudicium aurium. Gell. Sonant aures. Cels. My eares ring.Sonant aures intra seipsas. Cels. Stant aures hispidæ. Sen. Id est, erectæ sunt. Substringere aurem alicui. Horat. To harken.In alteram aurem suscipere aliquid.Cic.Susurrat aure, Id est, in aurem.Ouid.Tangere aurem. Plin. Sonus terget aures. Lucret. Tinniunt aures. Catul. My eares ring.Torquet ab obscœnis sermonibus aurem. Horat. He turneth away from.Vellere aurem.Virg.To put in remembraunce.Venit ad aures fama. Sen. Apud aures. Tac.
Aurum, hnius auri. Gold.Aurum factum. Vlp. Gold wrought in plate or money.Aurum infectum.Virg.Gold vnwrought, or in the wedge. Aurum.Cic.Money. Aurum.Plaut.Habiliments or ornaments of gold.Aceruus auri. Horat. An heape of gold.Amore auri cæcus.Virg. Fames auri. Ouid.Auri sacra fames.Virg.Cursed conetousnesse.Fulgor auri.Val. Flac. Pondus auri. Tibul. Venæ auri. Lucret. Gold veines.Corusci auro iuuenes.Virg.Glistring in robes of gold. Aurum argentosum. Plin. Gold mixed with siluer.Barbaricum aurum.Virg.Cælatum aurum.Cic.Plate graued or wrought.Coronarium aurum.Cicer.Gold gathered of the people, to make crownes to send to the Emperours.Fusile.Ouid.That may be molted.Gemmatum.Stat.Gold set with stones.Implexum crinibus aurum. Plin. Platted with gold.Intextum vestibus aurum.Ouid.Læue. Valer. Flac. Latum. Iuuenal. Lentum.Ouid.Flerible.Micans.Ouid.Shining.Nitidum.Ouid. Obrizum aurum. Plin. Fined gold.Pingue. Pers. Thicke.Rutilum. Claud. Glittering.Solidum.Ouid.Subæratum. Pers. That hath brasse vnder.Textile. Plin. TholosanÛ aurÛ habere. Prouetb. Cic.To perish miserably. Abdicare aurum. Plin. To condemne the vse of gold.Appendere anrum.Cic.To waye.Ardet auro clypeus.Stat.Attondere auro aliquem. Vide ATTONDEO. Bibunt auro sollicito superbi. Sen. Drinke in gold, but with feare of poysoning.Captus auro. Horat. Bribed: corrupted with money.Cludere auro. Plin. To inchase.Commodare aurum. Ouint. To lend money.Consumere aurum in ludos.Liu.Effingere in auro.Virg.To make or engraue in.Effulgere auro.Virg. Eruere aurum terra. Flauentes auro spicæ.Ouid.Yealow like gold.Includuntur auro smaragdi. Lucret. Are set in gold.Radians aurum.Ouid. Renidens auro domus. Lucret. Rigens auro vestis. Sil. Subducitur aurum terræ. Ouid.Vacuare aurum mero.Stat.To drinke vp all in the peece.Vænire auro. Horat. To be sold for money.
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aura, ae (gen. sing. aurāï, Verg. A. 6, 747; v. Neue, Formenl. I. p. 11; also, auras, like familias, custodias, terras, etc.; Servius gives this in Verg. A. 11, 801; still all the MSS. give aurae, and so Rib.), f., = au)/ra [*a*w, au)/w, to blow]. I.The air, as in gentle motion, a gentle breeze, a breath of air (syn.: aër, ventus, spiritus): agitatus aër auram facit, Isid. Orig. 13, 11, 17: semper aër spiritu aliquo movetur; frequentius tamen auras quam ventos habet, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 5: flatus, qui non aura, non procella, sed venti sunt, Plin. 2, 45, 45, 116: et me... nunc omnes terrent aurae,
now every breeze terrifies me
, Verg. A. 2, 728: Concutiat tenerum quaelibet aura, Ov. A. A. 2, 650.— Hence, II.Transf.A. In gen., a breeze, a wind (even when violent): Et reserata viget genitabilis aura Favoni, Lucr. 1, 11; cf.: Aura parit flores tepidi fecunda Favoni. Cat. 64, 282: omnes, Aspice, ventosi ceciderunt murmuris aurae, Verg. E. 9, 58: aurae Vela vocant, id. A. 3, 356: aura post meridiem, Vulg. Gen. 3, 8: aura tenuis, ib. 3 Reg. 19, 12: lenis, ib. Job, 4, 16: petulans, Lucr. 6, 111: ignarae,
brutish
, Cat. 64, 164, ubi v. Ellis: rapida, Ov. M. 3, 209: stridens, Val. Fl. 2, 586: violentior, Stat. Th. 6, 157: aurae flatus, Vulg. Act. 27, 40: omnes eos tollet aura, ib. Isa. 57, 13 et saep.—Also breath: flammas exsuscitat aura, Ov. F. 5, 507.—B.Trop.: dum flavit velis aura secunda meis, while a favorable breeze breathed on my sails, i. e. so long as I was in prosperity, Ov. P. 2, 3, 26: totam opinionem parva non numquam commutat aura rumoris, Cic. Mur. 17: tenuis famae aura, Verg. A. 7, 646: quem neque periculi tempestas neque honoris aura potuit umquam de suo cursu aut spe aut metu demovere, Cic. Sest. 47 fin.: levi aurā spei objectā, Liv. 42, 39, 1: sperat sibi auram posse aliquam adflari in hoc crimine voluntatis defensionisque eorum, quibus, etc.,
token of favor
, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 13: nescius aurae (sc. amoris) Fallacis, Hor. C. 1, 5, 11: incerta Cupidinis aura, Ov. Am. 2, 9, 33.—Hence freq. aura popularis, the popular breeze, popular favor, Cic. Har. Resp. 20 fin.; Liv. 3, 33, 7; 30, 45, 6 al.; Hor. C. 3, 2, 20; Quint. 11, 1, 45 (cf.: ventus popularis, Cic. Clu. 47, 130); so, aura favoris popularis, Liv. 22, 26, 4.—Also in plur.: nimium gaudens popularibus auris, Verg. A. 6, 816; and absol.: adliciendo ad se plebem jam aurā non consilio ferri, Liv. 6, 11, 7.—C. 1..The air (mostly poet. and plur.): cum Nubila portabunt venti transversa per auras, Lucr. 6, 190: Tenvis enim quaedam moribundos deserit aura, id. 3, 232: Aurarumque leves animae calidique vapores, id. 5, 236: (anima) discedit in auras, id. 3, 400; 6, 1129 et saep.—Hence, aurae aëris or aëriae aurae freq. in Lucr.: (res) Aëris in teneras possint proferrier auras, 1, 207; 1, 783; 1, 801; 1, 803; 1, 1087; 2, 203; 3, 456; 3, 570; 3, 591; 4, 693: liquidissimus aether Atque levissimus aërias super influit auras, id. 5, 501; 1, 771; 4, 933: Nulla nec aërias volucris perlabitur auras, Tib. 4, 1, 127: Qui tamen aërias telum contorsit in auras, Verg. A. 5, 520.—2. Esp., the vital air: Vivit et aetherias vitalīs suscipit auras,
breathes a breath of ethereal air
, Lucr. 3, 405; imitated by Verg.: haud invisus caelestibus auras Vitales carpis, A. 1, 387: vesci vitalibus auris, i. e. vivere, Lucr. 5, 857; imitated by Verg., A. 1, 546, and 3, 339; so, haurire auram communem, Quint. 6, prooem. 12: captare naribus auras,
to snuff the air
, Verg. G. 1, 376.—Trop.: libertatis auram captare, to catch at the air of freedom, i. e. to seize upon any hope of liberty, Liv 3, 37, 1.—3.Meton.a.The upper air, Heaven, on high: assurgere in auras, Verg. G. 3, 109; so id. A. 4, 176: dum se laetus ad auras Palmes agit, id. G. 2, 363: ad auras Aetherias tendit, id. ib. 2, 291; so id. A. 4, 445: stat ferrea turris ad auras, poet. for ad alta, rises high, id. ib. 6, 554: Sorbet in abruptum fluctus, rursusque sub auras Erigit alternos, id. ib. 3, 422; 7, 466; 2, 759; 5, 427 al.; cf. Wagner, Quaest. Verg. X. 1.—b. In opp. to the lower world, the upper world (cf. aether, I. B. 3.): Eurydice superas veniebat ad auras, Verg. G. 4, 486; so id. A. 6, 128: Ortygiam, quae me superas eduxit prima sub auras, Ov. M. 5, 641; 10, 11 (cf. Verg. A. 6, 481: ad superos); so of childbirth: pondus in auras expulit, Ov. M. 9, 704.—In gen. for publicity, daylight: ferre sub auras, i. e.
to make known
, Verg. A. 2, 158: reddere ad auras,
to restore
, id. ib. 2, 259: fugere auras, to seclude or hide one's self, id. ib. 4, 388.—D.Transf. to other atmospheric objects which exert an influence on bodies, as light, heat, sound, vapor, etc. 1.A bright light, a gleam, glittering (cf. fa/eos a)u+tmh/, Callim. Hymn. Dian. 117): discolor unde auri per ramos aura refulsit, Verg. A. 6, 204 (splendor auri, Serv.).—2.The warmth of sunlight: solis calidior visa est aura, Varr. ap. Non. p. 275, 25.—3.Sound, tone, voice, echo: Si modo damnatum revocaverit aura puellae, Prop. 3, 23, 15: at illi Nomen ab extremis fontibus aura refert, id. 1, 20, 50.—4.Vapor, mist, odor, exhalation: inolentis olivi Naturam, nullam quae mittat naribus auram, Lucr. 2, 851: at illi Dulcis compositis spiravit crinibus aura,
a sweet odor exhaled
, Verg. G. 4, 417; so Mart. 3, 65; Val. Fl. 5, 589; cf. Heins. ad Ov. M. 15, 394: si tantum notas odor attulit auras, Verg. G. 3, 251: pingues ab ovilibus aurae, Stat. Th. 10, 46.
auris (abl., aure, auri), is, f. [v. audio]. I.Lit., the ear as the organ of hearing, while auricula is the external ear, to\ ou)=s, Enn. ap. Non. p. 506, 1; Cato, R. R. 157, 16; Lucr. 4, 486; Plaut. Pers. 4, 9, 11; Vulg. Eccl. 1, 8; v. antestor.—In comic style: Face, sis, vocivas aedīs aurium,
, id. Att. 1, 4; Sen. Hippol. 413; Val. Fl. 7, 419: dederet, Cic. Arch. 10, 26: applicare, Hor. C. 3, 11, 8; id. C. S. 72: praebere aures, Liv 38, 52, 11; 40, 8, 3: praebuimus longis ambagibus aures, Ov. M. 3, 692; 5, 334; 6, 1; 15, 465; and: praebere aurem (esp. in the signif., to incline the ears in order to hear, to listen to), Ov. M. 7, 821; Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 8; Suet. Calig. 22; Hor. S. 1, 1, 22; Prop. 3, 14, 15; Vulg. Job, 6, 28 al.; so, inclinare aurem, ib. 4 Reg. 19, 16; ib. Psa. 30, 3: auribus accipere, i. e.
to hear
, Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 9; Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 3; Lucr. 4, 982; 6, 164; Cic. de Or 1, 50, 218; Ov. M. 10, 62 al.: auribus percipite, Vulg. Judith, 5, 3; ib. Psa. 16, 2: te cupidā captat aure maritus, Cat. 61, 54; so, auribus aëra captat, Verg. A. 3, 514: auribus haurire, Ov. M. 13, 787; 14, 309: bibere aure, Hor. C. 2, 13, 32 al.: obtundere, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 120: tundere, id. Poen. 1, 3, 25: lacessere, Lucr. 4, 597: tergere, id. 6, 119: allicere, id. 6, 183: ferire, Cic. de Or. 2, 84, 344: implere, Tac. H. 1, 90 et saep.—Particular phrases: in or ad aurem, also in aure, dicere, admonere, etc., to say something in the ear, softly or in secret, to whisper in the ear: in aurem Pontius, Scipio, inquit, vide quid agas, Cic. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 3, 12; so Hor. S. 1, 9, 9; Mart. 1, 90; Petr. 28, 5: ut Voluptati ministrarent et eam tantum ad aurem admonerent, Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 69: in aure dictare, Juv 11, 59: aurem vellere, to pull, as an admonition: Cynthius aurem Vellit et admonuit, i. e.
admonished
,
reminded
, Verg. E. 6, 3; so, pervellere, Sen. Ben. 4, 36; id. Ep. 94: dare or servire auribus, to gratify the ears, to flatter, Treb. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16; Caes. B. C. 2, 27: in utramvis or in dextram aurem dormire, to sleep soundly, i. e. to be unconcerned, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 101 (cf. Menaud. ap. Gell. 2, 23: )*ep)a)mfote/ran... me/llei kaqeudh/sein); Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 122; Plin. Ep. 4, 29: aures alicujus aperire (eccl. Lat., after the Heb.), to open one's ears, i. e. to restore his hearing, Vulg. Marc. 7, 35.—II.Meton.A.(a).The hearing, so far as it judges of the euphony of a discourse: offendent aures, quarum est judicium superbissimum, Cic. Or. 44, 150; so Auct. ad Her. 4, 23, 32: Atticorum aures teretes et religiosae, Cic. Or. 9, 27; so id. Brut. 32, 124; id. Font. 6; Hor. A. P. 387.—(b).Hearers, auditors: Cum tibi sol tepidus plures admoverit aures, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 19.—B. Also, from its shape, the ear of a plough, the mould- or earthboard by which the furrow is widened and the earth turned back, Verg. G. 1, 172; cf. Voss ad h. 1.; Smith, Dict. Antiq., and Pall. 1, 43.
aurum (Sab. ausum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.; vulg. Lat., ōrum, ib. p. 183; cf. Ital. and Span. oro and Fr. or), i, n. [v. aes]. I.Gold; as a mineral, v. Plin. 33, 4, 21, 66 sqq.: auri venas invenire, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151: venas auri sequi, Lucr. 6, 808; Tac. G. 5: aurum igni perspicere, Cic. Fam. 9, 16: eruere terrā, Ov. Am. 3, 8, 53: auri fodina, Plin. 33, 4, 21, 78; Vulg. Gen. 2, 11; ib. 2 Par. 2, 7; ib. Matt. 2, 11; Naev. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 797: ex auro vestis, id. 2, 22 (ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 22, 20) et saep.— Provv.: montes auri polliceri,
to promise mountains of gold
, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 18: carius auro,
more precious than gold
, Cat. 107, 3 (cf.: kreissona xrusou=, Aesch. Choëph. 372; xrusou= xruso/tera, Sapph. Fr. 122. Ellis).— II.Meton.A.Things made of gold, an ornament of gold, a golden vessel, utensil, etc.: Nec domus argento fulget nec auro renidet,
gold plate
, Lucr. 2, 27. So, 1.A golden goblet: et pleno se proluit auro, Verg. A. 1, 739: Regales epulae mensis et Bacchus in auro Ponitur, Ov. M. 6, 488: tibi non committitur aurum, Juv. 5, 39; 10, 27; Stat. Th. 5, 188; and in the hendiadys: pateris libamus et auro = pateris aureis, Verg. G. 2, 192.—2.A golden chain, buckle, clasp, necklace, jewelry: Oneratas veste atque auro, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 43: Donec eum conjunx fatale poposcerit aurum, Ov. M. 9, 411; 14, 394.—3.A gold ring: Ventilet aestivum digitis sudantibus aurum, Juv. 1, 28.—4.A golden bit: fulvum mandunt sub dentibus aurum, Verg. A. 7, 279; 5, 817.— 5.The golden fleece: auro Heros Aesonius potitur, Ov. M. 7, 155.—6.A golden hairband, krwbu/los: crines nodantur in aurum, Verg. A. 4, 138 Serv.—7. Esp. freq., gold as coined money: si quis illam invenerit Aulam onustam auri, Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 4: De Caelio vide, quaeso, ne quae lacuna sit in auro, Cic. Att. 12, 6, 1: Aurum omnes victā jam pietate colunt, Prop. 4, 12, 48 sq.: quid non mortalia pectora cogis Auri sacra fames?Verg. A. 3, 56; cf. Plin. 37, 1, 3, 6; so Hor. C. 2, 16, 8; 2, 18, 36; 3, 16, 9; id. S. 2, 2, 25; 2, 3, 109; 2, 3, 142; id. Ep. 2, 2, 179; Vulg. Matt. 10, 9; ib. Act. 3, 6 et saep.—B.The color or lustre of gold, the gleam or brightness of gold, Ov. M. 9, 689: anguis cristis praesignis et auro (hendiadys, for cristis aureis), id. ib. 3, 32: saevo cum nox accenditur auro, Val. Fl. 5, 369 (i. e. mala portendente splendore, Wagn.); so, fulgor auri, of the face, Cat. 64, 100, ubi v. Ellis.—C.The Golden Age: redeant in aurum Tempora priscum, Hor. C. 4, 2, 39: subiit argentea proles, Auro deterior, Ov. M. 1, 115; 15, 260.