Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 217.auris on page 217
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auris ear
auris is a Latin Noun that primarily means ear.
Definitions for auris
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
ear
English derivatives:
aural auricle auricular auriform
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
The ear (as a part of the body). (b) to hurl from beside the ear (i.e. with full backward stretch). (c) to sleep on either (the other, the right) ear, to be free from care. (d) to pluck by the ear in order to attract the attention; (also touched by a person accepting a witness). (e) to prick up the ears, listen intently (freq. fig., cf. sense 2). (f) to have a wolf by the ears, 'to catch a Tartar'.
- 2
(usu. pl.) The ear as the organ of hearing, sense of hearing. (b) (in var. phrs. implying attention). (c) (w. adjs., etc., indicating attitude of mind).
- 3
(a) in the ear, confidentially, in a whisper. (b) in the hearing (of).
Sentences with auris
Latin to English
Stat contra ratio et secretam garrit in aurem, no liceat facere id quod quis vitiabit agendo.Compare Reason forbids, and whispers privately into the ear that no man be allowed to do what he will spoil in the doing of it.
Est brevitate opus. ut currat sententia neu se impediat verbis lassas onerantibus auris.Compare There must be the power of terse expression, that the thoughts may flow on unimpeded by the verbiage, which only tires the overladen ears
Percontatorem fugito: nam garrulus idem est, nec retinent patulae commissa fideliter aures, et semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum.Compare Fly from a questioner; he is sure to be a blabber also. Open ears never keep faithfully the secrets whispered to them; and meanwhile a word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back.
Omnia enim stolidi magis admirantur amantque, inversis quae sub verbis latitantia cernunt, veraque constituunt quae belle tangere possunt auris et lepido quae sunt fucata sonore.Compare For dolts admire and love everything more which they see hidden amid distorted words, and set down as true whatever can prettily tickle the ears and all that is varnished over with find-sounding phrases.
Si tibi morosa prurigine verminat auris, arma damus tantis apta libidinibus.Compare If your ear is troubled with a persistent itching, I give you an instrument appropriate to such vagaries.
Non semper placidus periuros ridet amantes Iuppiter et surda neglegit aure preces.Compare Not always does Jupiter smile serenely at lovers' perjuries and turn a deaf ear to their prayers.
Declension table for auris
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | auris | aurēs |
| Gen. | auris | aurium / -um |
| Dat. | aurī | auribus |
| Acc. | aurem | aurēs / -īs |
| Abl. | aure | auribus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 92.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 217.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 122.
Bibliography
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Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "auris, auris (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/auris-auris.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 92.auris, auris, on page 92
