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aurĭchalcum, v. orichalcum.
aurĭcilla, v. oricilla.
‡ aurĭcoctor, ōris, m. [aurum-coctor], he that melts or refines gold, Inscr. Murat. 976, 6.
* aurĭ-cŏlor, ōris, adj. [aurum], of the color of gold: aethra, Juvenc. Evang. Bapt. Chr. 1, 359.
* aurĭ-cŏmans, antis, adj. [aurum], with golden hair, χρυσοκόμης: crocus, Aus. Idyll. 6, 11.
aurĭcŏmus, a, um, adj. [aurum-coma], with golden hair: sol, Val. Fl. 4, 92: Batavus, Sil. 3, 608.
Hence, poet., with golden foliage: fetus (arboris), Verg. A. 6, 141.
aurĭcŭla (or ōrĭcŭla, Trog. ap. Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 276; Balliol MS. Cic. ad Q. Fr. 2, 15 (Ellis ad Cat. 25, 2); cf. Fest. s. v. orata, p. 183 Müll.; cf. aurum init.), ae, f. dim. [auris].
- I. The external ear, the ear-lap: sine te prendam auriculis, sine dem suavium, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 163: Praehende auriculis, id. As. 3, 3, 78: auriculam fortasse mordicus abstulisset, Cic. ad Q. Fr. 3, 4: rubentes, Suet. Aug. 69: fractae, Plin. 20, 9, 40, § 103; Vulg. Matt. 26, 51; ib. Marc. 14, 47; ib. Joan. 18, 26.
On account of its softness, prov.: auriculā infimā mollior, softer than the earlap, Cic. ad Q. Fr. 2, 15.
- II. In gen., the ear: ut omne Humanum genus est avidum nimis auricularum, have too itching ears, Lucr. 4, 594; Auct. ad Her. 4, 10; Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 16; 1, 2, 53; id. S. 1, 9, 20; 1, 9, 77; 2, 5, 33; Pers. 2, 30; Vulg. 1 Reg. 9, 15; ib. 2 Par. 17, 25.
aurĭcŭlārĭus. (also ōrĭcŭlārĭus, like oricula for auricula, Cels. 5, 26, 12; 7, 26, 5; 7, 30, 3 al.), ii, m. [auricula].
- I. Medicus, an aurist, Dig. 50, 13, 1; Inscr. Orell. 4, 227.
- II. A counsellor, Vulg. 2 Reg. 23, 23.
- III. = ὠτακουστής, Vet. Gloss.
aurĭfer, fĕra, fĕrum, adj. [aurum-fero], bearing, producing, or containing gold, goldbearing (poet. or in post-Aug. prose): amnis, i. e. Pactolus, * Tib. 3, 3, 29: arva, i. e. Spain, Sil. 16, 25: regio, Flor 4, 12, 60: harenae, Plin. 4, 22, 35, § 115: nemus, id. 5, 1, 1, § 4: arbor, i. e. bearing golden apples (in the garden of the Hesperides), Cic. Tusc. 2, 9, 22; Sil. 4, 639.
aurĭfex, fĭcis, m. [aurum-facio], a worker in gold, goldsmith, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 34; id. Men. 3, 3, 2; 4, 3, 8; Varr. L. L. 8, § 68 Müll.; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 25; id. de Or. 2, 38, 159; Vulg. 2 Esdr. 3, 8; 3, 30; ib. Isa. 40, 19; 46, 6 al.
* aurī̆flŭus, a, um, adj. [aurum-fluo], flowing with gold: Tagus, Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 604 (cf.: Tanti tibi non sit opaci Omnis harena Tagi quodque in mare volvitur aurum, Juv 3, 55).
aurĭ-fŏdīna, ae, f [aurum], a goldmine, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 78; Dig. 3, 4, 1 al.
aurīga, ae (aureax, Paul. ex Fest p. 8 Müll.), comm. (cf. Prisc. p. 677 P.) [aureaago], pr., he that handles the reins.
- I.
- A. A charioteer, driver (syn.: agitator, agaso), Verg. A. 12, 624; Hor C. 1, 15, 26; id. S. 1, 1, 115; Ov. M. 2, 327; id. Am. 3, 12, 37; Vulg 3 Reg. 22, 34; ib. 4 Reg. 2, 12; ib. 2 Par. 18, 13 al.
Also, a groom, hostler, Verg. A. 12, 85.
In fem.: nec currus usquam videt aurigamque sororem, Verg. A. 12, 918.
Also, one who contended in the chariot-race, a charioteer in the games of the circus (the four parties of whom were distinguished by the colors, Veneta, blue, Prasina, green, Alba, white, and Russea sive Russata, red; cf Cassiod. Var 3, 51; Gesn. Plin. Ep. 9, 6, 2): auriga indoctus, Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 292, 32 (p. 328 Mos.); so Suet Aug. 43; id. Calig. 54; id. Vit. 12; id. Dom. 7.
- B. Transf.
- 1. As a constellation, the Wagoner, Gr. Ἡνιόχος, Cic. N. D. 2, 43, 110; Hyg. Astr. 3, 12; Col. 11, 2, 73.
- 2. Poet, a pilot, helmsman: aurigam video vela dedisse rati, Ov. Tr 1, 4, 16.
- II. Trop., director, leader: velut auriga rectrixque membrorum anima, Col. 11, 2, 9.
* aurīgālis, e, adj. [auriga], pertaining to a charioteer: corrigia, Edict. Dioclet. p. 26.
* aurīgans, antis, P. a., as if from aurigo, āre [aurum], glittering with gold: color, Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 1, 58 fin.
aurīgārĭus, ii, m. [auriga] (for the class. auriga), a charioteer in the races of the circus, Suet. Ner. 5; Inscr. Orell. 2596.
aurīgātĭo, ōnis, f. [aurigo], a driving of a chariot in the course (very rare), Suet. Ner. 35.
Trop., of the dolphin: lusus, gestationes, aurigationes, Gell. 7, 8, 4.
aurīgātor, ōris, m. [aurigo] (for the class. auriga), one who contends in the chariotrace, Inscr. Grut. 340, 3.
As a constellation, the Wagoner, Avien. Phaen. Arat. 405.
Aurĭgĕna, ae, comm. [aurum-gigno], sprung or produced from gold, gold-begotten; poet. epithet of Perseus, as son of Danaë by Jupiter transformed into a shower of gold, Ov. M. 5, 250; Sid. Carm. 6, 14 (cf. χρυσόπατρος, Lycophr. 838).
aurĭgĕr, gĕra, gĕrum, adj. [aurumgero], bearing gold: tauri, i. e. with gilded horns, Cic. Div. 2, 30, 63: arbor, on which the golden fleece hung, Val. Fl. 8, 110.
* aurīgĭnĕus (aurūgĭn-), a, um, adj. [aurugo], jaundiced: color, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 11.
‡ aurīgĭnōsus (aurūgĭn-), a, um, adj. [aurugo], jaundiced, ἰκτερικός, Gloss. Graec. Lat.; cf. Apul. Orth. Fragm. 41 Osann.
aurīgo, āvi, ātum, 1 (aurīgor, āri, v. dep., Varr. ap. Non. p. 70, 17), v. n. [auriga], to be a charioteer or a contender in the chariot-race, to drive a chariot, to contend in the chariot-race.
- I. Lit. (post-Aug.; most freq. in Suet.), Plin. 33, 5, 27, § 90; Suet. Calig. 54; id. Ner. 24; 4; 22; 53; id. Calig. 18; id. Vit. 4; 17.
- II. Trop., to rule, direct: quo natura aurigatur non necessitudo, Varr. ap. Non. l. l.: si (homines) nihil suā sponte faciunt, sed ducentibus stellis et aurigantibus, Gell. 14, 1, 23.
aurīgor, āri, v. aurigo init.
aurĭlĕgŭlus, i, m. [aurum-lego], a gold-picker, gold-collector, Cod. Th. 11, 19, 9; Paul Nol. Carm. 17 ad Nic. 269.
Aurinĭa, ae, f., a prophetess held in great veneration by the Germans, Tac. G. 8 fin. Rupert.
Aurinīni, ōrum, m., an older name for Saturnini, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 52.
aurĭ-pigmentum, i, n. [aurum], orpiment; composed of arsenic, sulphur, and earth, of a brilliant yellow color, Vitr. 7, 7; Cels. 5, 5; Plin. 33, 4, 22, § 79.
auris (abl., aure, auri), is, f. [v. audio].
- I. Lit., the ear as the organ of hearing, while auricula is the external ear, τὸ οὖς, Enn. ap. Non. p. 506, 1; Cato, R. R. 157, 16; Lucr. 4, 486; Plaut. Pers. 4, 9, 11; Vulg. Eccl. 1, 8; v. antestor.
In comic style: Face, sis, vocivas aedīs aurium, make the chambers of your ears vacant, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 52; cf. aedes.
Hence (usu. plur., aures): adhibere, to be attentive, to listen to, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 41; Cic. Arch. 3, 5: arrigere, Ter. And. 5, 4, 30; Verg. A. 1, 152: erigere, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 3; id. Sull. 11: admovere aurem, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28; Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 153: dare, to lend an ear, listen, id. Att. 1, 4; Sen. Hippol. 413; Val. Fl. 7, 419: dederet, Cic. Arch. 10, 26: applicare, Hor. C. 3, 11, 8; id. C. S. 72: praebere aures, Liv 38, 52, 11; 40, 8, 3: praebuimus longis ambagibus aures, Ov. M. 3, 692; 5, 334; 6, 1; 15, 465; and: praebere aurem (esp. in the signif., to incline the ears in order to hear, to listen to), Ov. M. 7, 821; Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 8; Suet. Calig. 22; Hor. S. 1, 1, 22; Prop. 3, 14, 15; Vulg. Job, 6, 28 al.; so, inclinare aurem, ib. 4 Reg. 19, 16; ib. Psa. 30, 3: auribus accipere, i. e. to hear, Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 9; Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 3; Lucr. 4, 982; 6, 164; Cic. de Or 1, 50, 218; Ov. M. 10, 62 al.: auribus percipite, Vulg. Judith, 5, 3; ib. Psa. 16, 2: te cupidā captat aure maritus, Cat. 61, 54; so, auribus aëra captat, Verg. A. 3, 514: auribus haurire, Ov. M. 13, 787; 14, 309: bibere aure, Hor. C. 2, 13, 32 al.: obtundere, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 120: tundere, id. Poen. 1, 3, 25: lacessere, Lucr. 4, 597: tergere, id. 6, 119: allicere, id. 6, 183: ferire, Cic. de Or. 2, 84, 344: implere, Tac. H. 1, 90 et saep.
Particular phrases: in or ad aurem, also in aure, dicere, admonere, etc., to say something in the ear, softly or in secret, to whisper in the ear: in aurem Pontius, Scipio, inquit, vide quid agas, Cic. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 3, 12; so Hor. S. 1, 9, 9; Mart. 1, 90; Petr. 28, 5: ut Voluptati ministrarent et eam tantum ad aurem admonerent, Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 69: in aure dictare, Juv 11, 59: aurem vellere, to pull, as an admonition: Cynthius aurem Vellit et admonuit, i. e. admonished, reminded, Verg. E. 6, 3; so, pervellere, Sen. Ben. 4, 36; id. Ep. 94: dare or servire auribus, to gratify the ears, to flatter, Treb. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16; Caes. B. C. 2, 27: in utramvis or in dextram aurem dormire, to sleep soundly, i. e. to be unconcerned, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 101 (cf. Menaud. ap. Gell. 2, 23: Ἐπ’ἀμφοτέραν … μέλλει καθευδήσειν); Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 122; Plin. Ep. 4, 29: aures alicujus aperire (eccl. Lat., after the Heb.), to open one’s ears, i. e. to restore his hearing, Vulg. Marc. 7, 35.
- II. Meton.
- A.
- (α) The hearing, so far as it judges of the euphony of a discourse: offendent aures, quarum est judicium superbissimum, Cic. Or. 44, 150; so Auct. ad Her. 4, 23, 32: Atticorum aures teretes et religiosae, Cic. Or. 9, 27; so id. Brut. 32, 124; id. Font. 6; Hor. A. P. 387.
- (β) Hearers, auditors: Cum tibi sol tepidus plures admoverit aures, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 19.
- * B. Also, from its shape, the ear of a plough, the mould- or earthboard by which the furrow is widened and the earth turned back, Verg. G. 1, 172; cf. Voss ad h. 1.; Smith, Dict. Antiq., and Pall. 1, 43.
auriscalpĭum, ii, n. [auris-scalpo].
- I. An ear-pick, Mart. 14, 23.
- II. A surgical instrument, a probe, Scrib. Comp. 41; 228; 230.
* aurītŭlus, i, m. dim. [auritus], the long-eared animal, i. e. the ass, Phaedr. 1, 11, 6.
aurītus, a, um, adj. [auris].
- I.
- A. Furnished with ears (acc. to auris, l.), having long or large ears: auritus a magnis auribus dicitur, ut sunt asinorum et leporum, alias ab audiendi facultate, Paul. ex Fest. p. 8 Müll.: lepores, Verg. G. 1, 308; so, asellus, Ov. Am. 2, 7, 15: si meus aurita gaudet glaucopide Flaccus, Mart. 7, 87, 1.
Hence, subst.: aurītus, i, m., the longeared animal, i. e. the hare, Avien. Phaen. Arat. 788.
- B. Trop.
- 1. Attentive, listening: face jam nunc tu, praeco, omnem auritum poplum, Plaut. As. prol. 4: ne quis Nostro consilio venator assit cum auritis plagis, id. Mil. 3, 1, 14.
So of the trees and walls which listened to the music of Orpheus and Amphion’s lyre: quercus, Hor. C. 1, 12, 11: muri, Sid. Carm. 16, 4.
- 2. Testis auritus, a witness by hearsay, who has only heard, not seen, something, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 8.
- * 3. Pass. (as if part. of aurio, īre), heard: leges, Prud. Apol. 835.
- * II. Formed like the ear, ear-shaped: aurita aduncitas rostri, Plin. 10, 49, 70, § 136.
- * III. (Acc. to auris, II. B.) Furnished with an ear or mould-board: aratra, Pall. 1, 43.
† ŏrĭchalcum (also erroneously written aurĭchalcum, as if from aurum), i, n., = ὀρείχαλκος, yellow copper ore, also the brass made from it.
- I. Lit., Cic. Off. 3, 23, 92; Hor. A. P. 202: album, Verg. A. 12, 87.
It was highly prized by the ancients, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 46; id. Mil. 3, 1, 61; id. Ps. 2, 3, 22; cf. Plin. 34, 2, 2, § 4 (al. aurichalci).
- II. Transf., of brass implements.
So of a brazen tuba, Val. Fl. 3, 61.
Of arms of brass, Stat. Th. 10, 660.
* ōrĭcilla (aur-), ae, f. dim. [auricula, auris], an ear-lap: mollior … imula oricilla, Cat. 25, 2.