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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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• ĕo, īvi or ii (īt, Verg. A. 9, 418 al.; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. vol. 2, p. 206 sq.: isse, issem, etc., for ivisse, etc., Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 25; Cic. Rosc. Am. 23, 64; id. Phil. 14, 1, 1; Ov. M. 7, 350 et saep.: isti, Turp. ap. Non. 4, 242: istis, Luc. 7, 834, etc., v. Neue Formenl. 2, 515), īre (inf. pass. irier, Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 16), ĭtum, v. n. [root i-, Sanscr. ēmi, go; Gr. εἶμι; causat. ἵημι = jacio, Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. p. 403], to go (of every kind of motion of animate or inanimate things), to walk, ride, sail, fly, move, pass, etc. (very freq. in all periods and sorts of writing).
  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.: eo ad forum, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 95: i domum, id. ib. 5, 2, 71 sq.: nos priores ibimus, id. Poen. 3, 2, 34: i in crucem, go and be hanged! id. As. 5, 2, 91; cf.: i in malam crucem, id. Cas. 3, 5, 17; id. Ps. 3, 2, 57; 4, 7, 86: i in malam rem hinc, Ter. Ph. 5, 7, 37: iens in Pompeianum, Cic. Att. 4, 9 fin.: subsidio suis ierunt, Caes. B. G. 7, 62, 8: quom it dormitum, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23; id Most. 3, 2, 4; 16; Hor. S. 1, 6, 119 et saep, cf.: dormitum, lusum, id. ib. 1, 5, 48: cubitum, Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 27; 5, 4, 8; id. Ps. 3, 2, 57; Cic. Rosc. Am. 23; id. Div. 2, 59, 122 et saep.—Poet. with the acc. of the terminus: ibis Cecropios portus, Ov. H. 10, 125 Loers.: Sardoos recessus, Sil. 12, 368; cf.: hinc Afros, Verg. E. 1, 65.—With a cognate acc.: ire vias, Prop. 1, 1, 17: exsequias, Ter. Ph. 5, 8, 37: pompam funeris, Ov. F. 6, 663 et saep.: non explorantur eundae vitandaeque viae, Claud. in Eutrop. 2, 419: animae ad lumen iturae, Verg. A. 6, 680: ego ire in Piraeum volo, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 63; cf.: visere ad aliquam, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 114; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 52: videre, Prop. 1, 1, 12: ire pedibus, on foot, Liv. 28, 17: equis, id. 1, 15: curru, id. 28, 9; Ov. H. 1, 46; cf.: in equis, id. A. A. 1, 214: in raeda, Mart. 3, 47: super equos, Just. 41, 3; and with equis to be supplied, Verg. A. 5, 554: puppibus, Ov. H. 19, 180; cf.: cum classe Pisas, Liv. 41, 17 et saep.: concedere quo poterunt undae, cum pisces ire nequibunt? Lucr. 1, 380.—
        1. b. Of things: alvus non it, Cato R. R. 157, 7; so, sanguis naribus, Lucr. 6, 1203: Euphrates jam mollior undis, Verg. A. 8, 726: sudor per artus, id. ib. 2, 174: fucus in artus, Lucr. 2, 683: telum (with volare), id. 1, 971: trabes, i. e. to give way, sink, id. 6, 564 et saep.: in semen ire (asparagum), to go to seed, Cato, R. R. 161, 3; so Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 159; cf.: in corpus (juvenes), Quint. 2, 10, 5: sanguis it in sucos, turns into, Ov. M. 10, 493.—
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. To go or proceed against with hostile intent, to march against: quos fugere credebant, infestis signis ad se ire viderunt, Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 6: ad hostem, Liv. 42, 49: contra hostem, Caes. B. G. 7, 67, 2; cf. id. B. C. 3, 31 fin.: adversus hostem, Liv. 42, 49: in hostem, id. 2, 6; Verg. A. 9, 424 et saep.; cf.: in Capitolium, to go against, to attack, Liv. 3, 17.—
      2. 2. Pregn., to pass away, disappear (very rare): saepe hominem paulatim cernimus ire, Lucr. 3, 526; cf. ib. 530; 594.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. In gen., to go, pass, proceed, move, advance: ire in opus alienum, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 6: in dubiam imperii servitiique aleam, Liv. 1, 23 fin.: in alteram causam praeceps ierat, id. 2, 27: in rixam, Quint. 6, 4, 13: in lacrimas, Verg. A. 4, 413; Stat. Th. 11, 193: in poenas, Ov. M. 5, 668 et saep.: ire per singula, Quint. 6, 1, 12; cf. id. 4, 2, 32; 7, 1, 64; 10, 5, 21: ad quem (modum) non per gradus itur, id. 8, 4, 7 et saep.: dicite qua sit eundum, Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 19: ire infitias, v. infitiae: Latina debent cito pariter ire, Quint. 1, 1, 14: aliae contradictiones eunt interim longius, id. 5, 13, 54: in eosdem semper pedes ire (compositio), id. 9, 4, 142: cum per omnes et personas et affectus eat (comoedia), id. 1, 8, 7; cf. id. 1, 2, 13; Juv. 1, 142: Phrygiae per oppida facti Rumor it, Ov. M. 6, 146: it clamor caelo, Verg. A. 5, 451: factoque in secula ituro, Laetantur tribuisse locum, to go down to posterity, Sil. 12, 312; cf. with a subject-sentence: ibit in saecula, fuisse principem, cui, etc., Plin. Pan. 55.—
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. Pub. law t. t.
        1. a. Pedibus ire, or simply ire in aliquam sententiam, in voting, to go over or accede to any opinion (opp. discedere, v. h. v. II. B. 2. b.): cum omnes in sententiam ejus pedibus irent, Liv. 9, 8, 13: pars major eorum qui aderant in eandem sententiam ibat, id. 1, 32 fin.; 34, 43; 42, 3 fin.—Pass. impers.: in quam sententiam cum pedibus iretur, Liv. 5, 9, 2: ibatur in eam sententiam, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1 fin.: itum in sententiam, Tac. A. 3, 23; 12, 48.—And opp. to the above,
        2. b. Ire in alia omnia, to vote against a bill, v. alius, II.—
      2. 2. Mercant. t. t. for vēneo, to go for, be sold at a certain price, Plin. 18, 23, 53, § 194: tot Pontus eat, tot Lydia nummis, Claud. Eutr. 1, 203.—
      3. 3. Pregn., of time, to pass by, pass away: it dies, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 12; Hor. C. 2, 14, 5; 4, 5, 7: anni, id. Ep. 2, 2, 55; cf.: anni more fluentis aquae, Ov. A. A. 3, 62.—
      4. 4. With the accessory notion of result, to go, proceed, turn out, happen: incipit res melius ire quam putaram, Cic. Att. 14, 15; cf. Tac. A. 12, 68: prorsus ibat res, Cic. Att. 14, 20 fin.; Curt. 8, 5: postquam omnia fatis Caesaris ire videt, Luc. 4, 144.—Hence the wish: sic eat, so may he fare: sic eat quaecunque Romana lugebit hostem, Liv. 1, 26; Luc. 5, 297 Cort.; 2, 304; Claud. in Eutr. 2, 155. —
      5. 5. Constr. with a supine, like the Gr. μέλλειν, to go or set about, to prepare, to wish, to be about to do any thing: si opulentus it petitum pauperioris gratiam, etc., Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 69; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 36: quod uti prohibitum irem, quod in me esset, meo labori non parsi, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. PARSI, p. 242 Müll.; so, perditum gentem universam, Liv. 32, 22: ultum injurias, scelera, id. 2, 6; Quint. 11, 1, 42: servitum Grais matribus, Verg. A. 2, 786 et saep.: bonorum praemia ereptum eunt, Sall. J. 85, 42.—Hence the construction of the inf. pass. iri with the supine, in place of an inf. fut. pass.: mihi omne argentum redditum iri, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 5: mihi istaec videtur praeda praedatum irier, id. Rud. 4, 7, 16 et saep.—Poet. also with inf.: seu pontum carpere remis Ibis, Prop. 1, 6, 34: attollere facta regum, Stat. S. 5, 3, 11: fateri, id. Th. 3, 61 al.—
      6. 6. Imp. i, eas, eat, etc., since the Aug. period more freq. a mocking or indignant expression, go then, go now: i nunc et cupidi nomen amantis habe, Ov. H. 3, 26; so, i nunc, id. ib. 4, 127; 9, 105; 17, 57; id. Am. 1, 7, 35; Prop. 2, 29, 22 (3, 27, 22 M.); Verg. A. 7, 425; Juv. 6, 306 al.: i, sequere Italiam ventis, Verg. A. 4, 381; so, i, id. ib. 9, 634: fremunt omnibus locis: Irent, crearent consules ex plebe, Liv. 7, 6 fin.
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Félix Gaffiot, Dictionnaire illustré latin-français (1934). Digital data kindly provided by gaffiot.fr.
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• 1 ĕō, adv. (dérivé de is, ea, id),
1. là [avec mouvement] = in eum locum, ad eum locum [pr. et fig.] : eo, unde discedere non oportuit, revertamur Cic. Att. 2, 16, 3, revenons à un objet dont nous n'aurions pas dû nous écarter || eo accedebat quod Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, à cela s'ajoutait que, v. accedo || eo spectare ut Cic. Div. 2, 118, viser à ; eo pertinere ut Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 4, avoir pour but de
2. à ce point : eo rem adducere, ut... Cic. Amer. 96, amener une chose au point que..., cf. Cic. Att. 2, 18, 2 ; eo vecordiæ processit (contentio) ut... Sall. J. 5, 2, (la lutte) en vint à ce point de démence que..., cf. J. 1, 5 ; 14, 3 ; Liv. 25, 8, 11 ; 28, 27, 12, etc.; Tac. Ann. 2, 33 ; H. 1, 16 || eo usque... donec Liv. 40, 8, 18, jusqu'à ce que ; usque eo... dum Cic. Nat. 2, 124, jusqu'à ce que ; cf. Top. 29 ; usque eo donec Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 17 || usque eo... ut Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 39, à tel point que, cf. Or. 104 ; Amer. 24
3. = in eos Cæs. G. 1, 42, 5 ; = in id Sall. J. 75, 4.
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• 2 ĕō, abl. n., de is, employé adverbialement,
1. par cela, à cause de cela : Cic. Fam. 6, 20, 1 ; Ac. 2, 23 || eoque Tac. Ann. 1, 50, et partant, et pour cette raison || eo quod Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 22 ; 3, 63 ; Cæs. G. 1, 23, 3 ; 3, 13, 6, parce que ; eo quia Cic. Ac. 2, 10 ; Att. 10, 17, 4, parce que ; eo quoniam Gell. 6, 13, par la raison que || eo ut Cic. de Or. 3, 187 ; Att. 1, 10, 4, etc., pour que ; eo ne Cic. de Or. 3, 189, afin que... ne... pas, en vue d'éviter de ; eo scripsi, quo plus auctoritatis haberem Cic. Att. 8, 9, 1, j'ai écrit avec l'intention d'avoir plus d'influence || non eo dico, quo mihi veniat in dubium... Cic. Quinct. 5, je dis cela, non pas qu'il me vienne un doute sur..., cf. Cic. Att. 3, 15, 4 ; Amer. 51 ; non eo hæc dico, quin Pl. Trin. 341, si je dis cela, ce n'est pas que je ne...
2. [avec compar.] d'autant : eo minus Cic. Att. 11, 15, 2, d'autant moins, cf. Verr. 2, 4, 139 ; eo magis Cic. Off. 2, 48 ; Tusc. 1, 94, d'autant plus || eo minus quod Cæs. G. 5, 9, 1, d'autant moins que ; eo magis quod Cic. Off. 3, 88, d'autant plus que, cf. Fin. 2, 58 ; Att. 9, 3, 2 || quarum rerum eo gravior est dolor, quo culpa major Cic. Att. 11, 11, 2, la situation m'est d'autant plus pénible que ma responsabilité y est plus grande, cf. Fam. 2, 19, 1 || quantum... magis, eo acrius Liv. 3, 15, 2, plus... plus vivement (quanto... eo Liv. 30, 30, 23)
3. eo loci = in eo loco Tac. Ann. 15, 74, dans ce lieu || [fig.] res erat eo jam loci, ut... Cic. Sest. 68, les affaires étaient dans une situation telle que...
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• 3 ĕō, īvī ou ĭī, ĭtum, īre (grec εἶμι, ἰέναι), intr.,
1. aller, marcher, s'avancer : eo ad forum Pl. As. 108, je vais au forum ; iens in Pompeianum Cic. Att. 4, 9, 2, allant à ma villa de Pompéies ; subsidio suis ierunt Cæs. G. 7, 62, 8, ils se portèrent au secours des leurs ; cubitum ire Cic. Div. 2, 122, aller se coucher ; via, qua Assoro itur Hennam Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 96, route par laquelle on va d'Assore à Henna || [poét., acc. question quo] : Afros ire Virg. B. 1, 64, aller chez les Africains || [acc. de qualif.] vias Prop. 1, 1, 17, parcourir des chemins ; eundæ vitandæque viæ Claud. Eutr. 2, 419, routes à suivre ou à éviter ; exsequias Ter. Phorm. 1026 ; pompam funeris Ov. F. 6, 663, suivre un enterrement, un cortège funèbre || [arch., avec inf.] : ibit aurum arcessere Pl. Bacch. 354, il ira chercher l'or, cf. Most. 67 ; Ter. Phorm. 102 ; Hec. 189 ; 345 || [avec supin] ire cubitum Cic. Amer. 64, aller se coucher ; nutricem accersitum iit Ter. Eun. 892, il est allé chercher la nourrice || pedibus ire Liv. 28, 17, 11, aller à pied ; equis Liv. 28, 9, 15 (super equos Just. 41, 3, 4), aller à cheval ; cum classe Pisas Liv. 41, 17, 7, se rendre à Pise avec la flotte ; ad hostem Liv. 42, 49, 2 ; contra hostem Cæs. G. 7, 67, 2, marcher contre l'ennemi, cf. Cæs. G. 6, 8, 6 ; C. 3, 31, 4 || [en parl. de choses] : per artus sudor iit Virg. En. 2, 174, la sueur se répandit sur ses membres ; in semen ire Cato Agr. 161, 3, monter en graine [asperge] ; sanguis in sucos Ov. M. 10, 493, le sang se change en sève
2. [fig.] aller, marcher, s'avancer : in alteram causam præceps ierat Liv. 2, 27, 3, il s'était jeté tête baissée dans le parti contraire ; in dubiam imperii servitiique aleam imus Liv. 1, 23, 9, nous nous exposons aux chances d'une domination et d'une servitude ; in rixam Quint. 6, 4, 13, se quereller : in lacrimas Virg. En. 4, 413, recourir aux larmes ; per totas ire materias Quint. 10, 5, 21, parcourir la totalité des sujets || ibit in sæcula fuisse principem... Plin. Min. Pan. 55, il se répandra dans la suite des siècles le bruit qu'il s'est trouvé un prince... || [en part.] pedibus ire ou simplement ire in sententiam aliquam, in sententiam alicujus, se ranger [dans le vote] à tel ou tel avis, à l'avis de qqn : Liv. 9, 8, 13 ; 34, 43, 3, etc.; ibatur in eam sententiam Cic. Q. 2, 1, 3, on se rangeait à cette opinion ; frequentes ierunt in alia omnia Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 1, la plupart se rangèrent à toute opinion différente = votèrent contre la proposition || infitias ire, aller à l'encontre, nier. v. infitias ire
3. = vēnire, être vendu, se vendre un certain prix : Plin. 18, 194 ; Claud. Eutr. 1, 203
4. aller, se passer, prendre telle ou telle tournure : incipit res melius ire quam putaram Cic. Att. 14, 15, 2, les affaires commencent à mieux aller que je ne croyais ; prorsus ibat res Cic. Att. 14, 20, 4, les affaires marchaient bien || sic eat, quæcumque Romana lugebit hostem Liv. 1, 26, 5, que ce soit là le sort de toute Romaine qui pleurera un ennemi
5. s'en aller, s'écouler [en parl. des jours, des années] : Hor. O. 2, 14, 5 ; Ep. 2, 2, 55, etc.
6. i, eat, etc., va donc, qu'il aille [exclam. qui exprime l'indignation, le découragement] : Virg. En. 4, 381 ; 7, 425 ; Juv. 6, 306 ; Liv. 7, 6, 10
7. [avec le supin] avoir pour but de, être disposé à : perditum ire gentem universam Liv. 32, 22, 6, vouloir causer la perte de la nation entière ; bonorum præmia ereptum eunt Sall. J. 85, 42, ils veulent arracher les récompenses des gens de bien, cf. Virg. En. 2, 786 ; Quint. 11, 1, 42, etc. ➳ in = isne Pl. Bacch. 1185 ; Ter. Eun. 651 ; Phorm. 930 || ind. impf. eibat CIL 4, 1237 ; impér. ei Pl. Cas. 212 ; Men. 435 ; subj. iamus CIL 8, 2005 ; inf. pass. irier Pl. Rud. 1242.
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Johann Matthias Gesner, Novus Linguae et Eruditionis Romanae Thesaurus (1749). Transcribed by the team of Dr. Wilhelm Kühlmann from Heidelberg University; accessed via latin-dict.github.io.
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EO [2] is, iui et ii, itum, ire. [ἴημι, εἶμι, πορεύομαι, μολέω, ὁδεύω] Progredi pedibus vel suis vel alienis. […]
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• ear (subs.):
    1. I. The organ of hearing:
      1. 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. 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.
    2. 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.
    3. 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.
    4. IV. Of corn:
      1. 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. 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.
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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  • auris (used in the plur., when = “attention”): short ears (of a horse), aures applicatae (close to the head): large, fleshy ears, aures flaccidae praegravantesque: an attentive ear, aures avidae et capaces: to give anybody one’s ears, aures alicui dare, praebere, or dedere (Cic.): to prick up one’s ears, aures erigere or arrigere (☞ aurem substringere is quite poetical, Hor., Sat., 2, 5, 99): to seize hold of anybody by the ear, aliquem auriculis prehendere (Plaut.): to give anybody one’s ear, opponere auriculam (that he may touch it): praebere aurem alicui (that he may whisper into it). Ears tingle, aures tinniunt (Varr.). Box on the ear, alapa (with the flat hand); colaphus (with the fist): to box anybody’s ears, alapam alicui ducere, colaphum alicui ducere, infringere, or impingere, or (repeatedly) colaphis aliquem percutere: (proverbially) to send anybody away with a flea in his ear, scrupulum alicui injicere: to be over head and ears in debt, aere alieno obrutum or demersum esse; or (comedy) animam debere (Terentianus). I have no ears for that; I turn a deaf ear to that, aures ad aliquid surdae or clausae sunt; surdus sum in aliqua re; aliquid in aures non recipio, or accipio: to preach to deaf ears, surdo or surdis auribus canere (Verg., Ecl., 10, 8; Liv., 40, 8), surdo narrare fabulam (Ter. 2, 1, 10); frustra surdas aures fatigare (Curt. 9, 10, 16); verba hunt mortuo (Terentianus). To lay siege to anybody’s ears, alicujus aures obsidere (Liv.): to stun anybody’s ears, aures alicujus obtundere: to hang down his ears (of a horse, mule, etc.), demittere auriculam (i. e., put them back as a sign of | obstinacy): to have anybody’s ear, aditum ad alicujus aures habere: to find a willing ear, aliquis aures mihi dat: lend me your ears, erigite mentes auresque vestras, et me dicentem attendite: to offend or grate against anybody’s ears, aures offendere; aures or auriculas radere (Quint., Persius); aliquid aures fastidiunt or respuunt (Quint.). A report reaches my ears, aliquid ad aures meas pervenit or permanat (Cic.), ad aliquem permanat (Terentianus); aliquid ad me perfertur or defertur: critical ears, aures teretes or eruditae, teretes et religiosae: uncritical ears, aures hebetiores (Cic.), ineruditae (Quint.); aures imperitorum (Quint.): to open one’s ears to flattery, assentatoribus aures patefacere: to have one’s ears open to anything, aures patent alicui rei or ad aliquid (Cic.); to calumny, obtrectationem pronis auribus accipere: to get anybody’s ear, aditum sibi ad aures alicujus facere: a practical ear, aures tritae (Cic.): a very good ear (i. e., power of feeling harmony, etc.), aurium sensus fastidiosissimus; aures, quarum judicium est superbissimum: to have a good ear for music or harmony, numeros aure callere (Hor.): Drum of the ear, tympanum auris: a tumour on the ear, parotis: the orifice of the ear, foramen auris: the dirt or wax of the ear, aurium sordes: a disease in the ear, aurium morbus: to have diseased ears, ex auribus laborare: a ringing in the ear, sonitus aurium (Plin.). I have a ringing in my ears, aures mihi sonant. To whisper in anybody’s ear, alicui ad aurem or in aures insusurrare; in or ad aurem dicere (ad aurem, confidentially; in aurem, secretly and clandestinely; Handrianus, Turs., 1, 78); ad aurem admonere: to pluck anybody’s ear (for the purpose of warning him), aurem vellere (Verg.), pervellere (Sen.): to bring people about one’s ears, in odium offensionemque aliquorum irruere (Cic.): to set people together by the ears, discordiam concitare; dissensionem commovere (both Cic.): committere omnes inter se (Suet.): to fall together by the ears, rixari inter se, etc. [Vid: QUARREL.]
  • Ear = handle, ansa.
  • Dog’s-ear (in a book), plicatura.
  • Ear of corn, etc., spica (the full ear, the fruit of the corn-stalk, without respect to its shape): arista (the prickly ear, the tip or uttermost part of the stalk, without respect to its substance, sometimes merely the prickles). ☞ The three forms, spica, spicus, spicum were in use; only of spicum, as Servius says, the sing. was rare (☞ Gernhard, Cic., Cat. Maj., 15, 51). The beard of an ear of corn, aristae; the ear has a beard, spica aristarum vallo rnunitur :the lowest part of the ear, urruncum (Varr., R.R., 1, 48, 3): an ear of corn without a beard, spica mutica: an ear of corn with a beard, spica aristata (Fest.): that has ears or anything like ears; e.g., a plant, spicatus: that bears ears, spicam ferens (poetically, spicifer): consisting of ears, made of ears, spiceus: to come into ear, spicam concipere: to put forth an ear, fundere frugem, spici ordine exstructam (in a descriptive passage; Cic., Cat. Maj., 15, 51): to gather ears of corn, spicas legere: the ears promise to be heavy this year, seges est spicis uberibus et crebris: a garland of ears of corn, sertum spiceum (which must be distinguished from a crown of ears of corn, corona spicea): a gleaning of ears of corn, spicilegium.