"auricula" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [au̯ˈrɪ.kʊ.ɫa] [Classical-Latin], [au̯ˈriː.ku.la] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From auris (“ear”) + -cula (diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*h₂ew-|id=perceive}}, {{af|la|auris|-culus|alt2=-cula|pos2=diminutive suffix|t1=ear}} auris (“ear”) + -cula (diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{la-noun|auricula<1>}} auricula f (genitive auriculae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|auricula<1>}} Forms: auriculae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], auricula [nominative, singular], auriculae [nominative, plural], auriculae [genitive, singular], auriculārum [genitive, plural], auriculae [dative, singular], auriculīs [dative, plural], auriculam [accusative, singular], auriculās [accusative, plural], auriculā [ablative, singular], auriculīs [ablative, plural], auricula [singular, vocative], auriculae [plural, vocative], ōricula [alternative], ōricla [alternative]
  1. diminutive of auris:
    (anatomy) external ear, earlap     Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-auricula-la-noun-xn7pK6-A Categories (other): Anatomy, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Latin terms suffixed with -culus, Latin terms with variable monophthongization, Body parts Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 3 28 20 45 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 2 24 20 52 1 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 57 43 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -culus: 95 5 Disambiguation of Latin terms with variable monophthongization: 84 16 Disambiguation of Body parts: 98 2 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. diminutive of auris:
    (in general) ear     Tags: declension-1, feminine, usually Synonyms: auris
    Sense id: en-auricula-la-noun--pniTnzV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: auriculāris [adjective], auriculārius

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "From auris (“ear”) + -cula (diminutive suffix).",
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      "form": "auricula",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "vocative"
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        "vocative"
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      "form": "ōricula",
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          "ref": "54 B.C.E., Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Quintum Fratrem:",
          "text": "Tu, quemadmodum me censes oportere esse et in re publica et in nostris inimicitiis, ita et esse et fore auricula infima scito molliorem.",
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        "(in general) ear"
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "[au̯ˈriː.ku.la]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "inflection",
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