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Webster 1913 Edition

Auricula

‖

Au-ric′u-la

,
Noun.
;
pl. L.
Auriculæ
, E.
Auriculas
.
[L.
auricula
. See
Auricle
.]
1.
(Bot.)
(a)
A species of
Primula
, or primrose, called also, from the shape of its leaves,
bear’s-ear
.
(b)
(b)
A species of
Hirneola
(
Hirneola auricula
), a membranaceous fungus, called also
auricula Judæ
, or
Jew's-ear
.
P. Cyc.
2.
(Zool.)
(a)
A genus of air-breathing mollusks mostly found near the sea, where the water is brackish.
(b)
One of the five arched processes of the shell around the jaws of a sea urchin.

Webster 1828 Edition

Auricula

AURIC'ULA

,
Noun.
That species of primrose, called, from the shape of its leaves, bear's ear.

Definition 2024

auricula

auricula

See also: aurícula

English

Noun

auricula ‎(plural auriculae)

  1. (anatomy) The external part of the ear
  2. (anatomy) A small conical pouch projecting from either atrium of the heart
  3. (palynology) A pronounced thickening at the corner of a trilete spore, beyond the end of the laesura
  4. (horticulture, plural: auriculas) The ornamental primrose Primula auricula
    • 1919, Michael Wood, The White Island, page 122:
      Réné came on quietly, his trowel in one hand, some auricula roots in the other.

Synonyms

  • (external part of the ear): pinna, auricle
  • (pouch projecting from the atrium): atrial appendage, auricular appendix, auricle
  • (thickening of a trilete spore): valva
  • (primrose): bear's ear, Auricula

Related terms

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From auris ‎(“ear”) +‎ -cula.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯ˈri.ku.la/, [au̯ˈrɪ.kʊ.ɫa]

Noun

auricula f ‎(genitive auriculae); first declension

  1. The external part of the ear; ear-lap.
    • 54 BCE June 3, Marcus Tullius Cicero, in a letter to his brother Quintus:
      Tu, quemadmodum me censes oportere esse et in re publica et in nostris inimicitiis, ita et esse et fore auricula infima scito molliorem.
      Whatever line you think I ought to take in politics and in treating my opponents, be sure I shall take, and shall be "gentler than any ear-lap." — 1899-1912, Evelyn S. Shuckburgh, The letters of Cicero
  2. The ear itself.
    • 3rd–4th century CE, Appendix Probi:
      auris non oricla
      [Use] auris, not oricla.
  3. vocative singular of auricula

auriculā f

  1. ablative singular of auricula

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative auricula auriculae
genitive auriculae auriculārum
dative auriculae auriculīs
accusative auriculam auriculās
ablative auriculā auriculīs
vocative auricula auriculae

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • auriculārius

Descendants

  • Spanish: aurícula
  • Vulgar Latin: oricla (see there for further descendants)

References

Etymology

From Latin auricula

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