auricula

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin auricula (“external ear; ear”). Doublet of auricle. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə === Noun === auricula (plural auriculae or auriculas) (anatomy) The external part of the ear. Synonyms: pinna, auricle (anatomy) A small conical pouch projecting from either atrium of the heart. Synonyms: atrial appendage, auricular appendix, auricle (palynology) A pronounced thickening at the corner of a trilete spore, beyond the end of the laesura. Synonym: valva (horticulture, plural: auriculas) An ornamental primrose (Primula auricula) Synonym: bear's ear ==== Related terms ==== === References === “auricula”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “auricula”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. == Latin == === Alternative forms === ōricula ōricla (late, proscribed) === Etymology === From auris (“ear”) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [au̯ˈrɪ.kʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [au̯ˈriː.ku.la] === Noun === auricula f (genitive auriculae); first declension diminutive of auris: (anatomy) external ear, earlap (in general) ear Synonym: auris ==== Inflection ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== auriculāris (adjective) auriculārius ==== Descendants ==== Reflexes of the early monophthongized variant ōricula: === References === D'Ambra, Raffaele. 1873. Vocabolario napolitano-toscano domestico di arti e mestieri. Naples: publ. by author. Page 75. Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “auricula”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 52 === Further reading === “auricula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “auricula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "auricula", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “auricula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.