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Auro
auro
auro
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.roː/
Etymology 1
Verb
aurō (present infinitive aurāre, perfect active aurāvī, supine aurātum); first conjugation
Inflection
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
aurō
References
- auro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “auro”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
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(ambiguous) to turn a deaf ear to, to open one's ears to..: aures claudere, patefacere (e.g. veritati, assentatoribus)
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(ambiguous) to listen to a person: aures praebere alicui
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(ambiguous) to din a thing into a person's ears: aures alicuius obtundere or simply obtundere (aliquem)
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(ambiguous) to whisper something in a person's ears: in aurem alicui dicere (insusurrare) aliquid
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(ambiguous) to come to some one's ears: ad aures alicuius (not alicui) pervenire, accidere
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(ambiguous) to prick up one's ears: aures erigere
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(ambiguous) his words find an easy hearing, are listened to with pleasure: oratio in aures influit
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(ambiguous) a fine, practised ear: aures elegantes, teretes, tritae (De Or. 9. 27)
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(ambiguous) to turn one's eyes (ears, attention) towards an object: oculos (aures, animum) advertere ad aliquid
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(ambiguous) to turn a deaf ear to, to open one's ears to..: aures claudere, patefacere (e.g. veritati, assentatoribus)