oricula

== Latin == === Etymology === Popular merging of the diphtong au, compare lōtus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [oːˈrɪ.kʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [oˈriː.ku.la] === Noun === ōricula f (genitive ōriculae); first declension alternative form of auricula (attested in Cicero, etc.) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== see: auricula === References === “oricula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.