auris

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ous-. Cognate with Old English ēare (English ear), Greek οὖς, Old Church Slavonic ѹхо (Russian ухо, Croatian uho), Old Irish au.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈaʊ.ris/

Noun

auris (genitive auris); f, third declension

1. an ear
   • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations (Latin text and English translations here)

     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 et aures non 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 and ears shall still observe and watch you, as they have hitherto done, though you shall not perceive them.

Inflection

Third declension (3).

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	auris	aurēs
genitive	auris	aurium
dative	aurī	auribus
accusative	aurem	aurēs 1
ablative	aure	auribus
vocative	auris	aurēs

¹ May also be aurīs.

Derived terms

• auricula (diminutive)

Descendants

• English: aur-