auris

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic,Valencia)[ˈaw.ɾis]

Adjective

auris

1. masculinepluralofauri

Noun

auris

1. pluralofauri

Latin

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Etymology 1

FromProto-Italic*auzis,ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws.Cognate withOld Englishēare(Englishear),Ancient Greekοὖς(oûs),Old Church Slavonicоухо(uxo)(Russianухо(uxo),Serbo-Croatianuho),Old Irishau,Lithuanianausìs,andAlbanianvesh.

Alternative forms

• ōris

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈau̯.ris/,[ˈäu̯rɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈau̯.ris/,[ˈäːu̯ris]

Noun

aurisf(genitiveauris);third declension

1. ear
   • 63BCE,Cicero,Catiline Orations‎^[1]:

     Quam diu quisquam erit qui te defendere audeat, vives, et vives ita ut nunc vivis, multis meis et firmis praesidiis obsessus ne commovere te contra rem publicam possis. Multorum te etiam oculi etauresnon sentientem, sicut adhuc fecerunt, speculabuntur atque custodient.

     As long as one person exists who may dare to defend you, you shall live, but you shall live as you do now, surrounded by my many and trusty guards, so that you shall not be able to stir one finger against the republic: many eyes andearsshall still observe and watch you, as they have hitherto done, though you shall not perceive them.

Declension

Third-declensionnoun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	auris	aurēs
genitive	auris	aurium
dative	aurī	auribus
accusative	aurem	aurēs aurīs
ablative	aure	auribus
vocative	auris	aurēs

Derived terms

• auricula(diminutive)
• auscultō

Descendants

• →English:aur-

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the correspondinglemmaform.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈau̯.riːs/,[ˈäu̯riːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈau̯.ris/,[ˈäːu̯ris]

Noun

aurīs

1. dative/ablativepluralofaura

References

• “auris”,inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “auris”,inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary,New York: Harper & Brothers
• aurisin Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis(augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• aurisinGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894)Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2],London:Macmillan and Co.
  • I am losing my eyesight and getting deaf:neque auribus neque oculis satis consto
    
  • to be blind:oculis captum esse(vid.sect. IV. 6., noteauribus, oculis...)
    
  • (ambiguous)to turn a deaf ear to, to open one's ears to..:aures claudere, patefacere(e.g.veritati, assentatoribus)
    
  • (ambiguous)to listen to a person:aures praebere alicui
    
  • (ambiguous)to din a thing into a person's ears:aures alicuius obtundereor simplyobtundere (aliquem)
    
  • (ambiguous)to whisper something in a person's ears:in aurem alicui dicere (insusurrare) aliquid
    
  • (ambiguous)to come to some one's ears:ad aures alicuius(notalicui)pervenire, accidere
    
  • (ambiguous)to prick up one's ears:aures erigere
    
  • (ambiguous)his words find an easy hearing, are listened to with pleasure:oratio in aures influit
    
  • (ambiguous)a fine, practised ear:aures elegantes, teretes, tritae(De Or. 9. 27)
    
  • (ambiguous)to turn one's eyes (ears, attention) towards an object:oculos(aures, animum)advertere ad aliquid