ear (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The organ of hearing1. auris, is, f.2. aurĭcŭla (dimin. of aurisII. The sense of hearing; esp. with ref. to musicIII. By analogy, anything resembling an earIV. Of corn1. spīca (rarely spīcus, spīcum)2. ărista (strictly, the beard of an e., hence fig., the ear itself) • ear (subs.): I. The organ of hearing: 1. auris, is, f.: drooping e.s, flaccidae a., Plin.: to prick up the e.s (to listen attentively), aures erigere, Cic.: to lend an e., aurem praebere, Suet.: Hor.: (my) e.s tingle, tinniunt a., Cat.: to pull or twitch a person's e.s (to call his attention), alicui aures vellere, Virg.: to whisper in any one's e., ad aurem insusurrare alicui, Cic.: a ringing in the e.s, sonitus aurium, Plin.: he turns a deaf e. to prayers, surda negligit aure preces, Prop.: safe e.s (capable of secresy), tutae a., Hor.; opp. to rimosa auris, Hor. S. 2, 6, 46. 2. aurĭcŭla (dimin. of auris: esp. used to denote the tip or corner of the ear): the bottom of the e., a. infima, Cic.: I hang down my e.s (like a donkey when ill-used), demitto auriculam, Hor.: to present the tip of one's e. (in a legal symbolical act), a. opponere, Hor.: to chatter in any one's e., garrire alicui in auriculam, Mart.: to pull a person's e., auriculam (alicui) vellicare, Paul. Nol. Dimin., auricilla or oricilla, Cat. Phr.: having (long) e.s, aurītus, Virg. (of hares): also fig. for attentively listening (of the oaks which Orpheus sang to), Hor.: Pl.: animals without e.s, animalia inaurita, Gell.: a little fellow with long e.s (the ass), auritulus, Phaedr.: fishes have very quick e.s, pisces clarissime audiunt, Plin. II. The sense of hearing; esp. with ref. to music: auris, aures: the delicate and fastidious e. of Attic Greeks, Atticorum aures teretes atque religiosae, Cic.: to have a good e., legitimum sonum aure callere, Hor.: if you have any e., si quid auris habeas, Gell.: not to have a good e. (for music), *aure minus subtili (praeditum) esse: to have no e. at all, *prorsus abhorrere a re musica. III. By analogy, anything resembling an ear: auris: used by Virg. of the "ears" or earth-boards of a plough, Georg. 1, 172: a jar with two ears (handles), diōta, Hor. IV. Of corn: 1. spīca (rarely spīcus, spīcum): from the blade to the e., ab herba ad spicam, Cic.: rich and crowded e.s, s. uberes et crebrae, Cic.: a diminutive and empty e., s. minuta et inanis, Plin.: to form (develope) the e., s. concipere, Plin. 2. ărista (strictly, the beard of an e., hence fig., the ear itself): the ripe e.s, maturae a., Ov.: Virg. Phr.: a crown (or wreath) made of ears of corn, spicea corona, Tib.: a gleaning of e.s, spicilegium, Varr.