auricularis
English
Alternative forms
- auricular muscle
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from New Latin auriculāris, ellipsis of musculus auriculāris (“auricular muscle”). Doublet of auricular.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɔˌɹɪk.jəˈlæɹ.ɪs/, /ɔˌɹɪk.jəˈlɑɹ.ɪs/
- Rhymes: -æɹɪs, -ɑːɹɪs
Noun
auricularis (plural auriculares)
- (anatomy) Any of three muscles attaching the cartilage of the external ear to the skull.
- Hyponyms: auricularis anterior, auricularis posterior, auricularis superior
Translations
muscle
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References
- “auricularis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Latin
Etymology
From auricula (“the external ear; the ear”) + -āris (“-ar”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯.ri.kuˈlaː.ris/, [äu̯rɪkʊˈɫ̪äːrɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /au̯.ri.kuˈla.ris/, [äu̯rikuˈläːris]
Adjective
auriculāris (neuter auriculāre); third-declension two-termination adjective (Late Latin)
- (relational) of or pertaining to the ear; auricular, ear-shaped
Inflection
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | auriculāris | auriculāre | auriculārēs | auriculāria | |
| Genitive | auriculāris | auriculārium | |||
| Dative | auriculārī | auriculāribus | |||
| Accusative | auriculārem | auriculāre | auriculārēs auriculārīs | auriculāria | |
| Ablative | auriculārī | auriculāribus | |||
| Vocative | auriculāris | auriculāre | auriculārēs | auriculāria | |
Descendants
- French: oreiller
- → English: auricular, auricularis
- → French: auriculaire
- → Italian: auricolare
- → Portuguese: auricular
- → Romanian: auricular
- → Spanish: auricular
Noun
auriculāris m (genitive auriculāris); third declension (New Latin)
- Ellipsis of digitus auriculāris: little finger
Inflection
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | auriculāris | auriculārēs |
| Genitive | auriculāris | auriculārium |
| Dative | auriculārī | auriculāribus |
| Accusative | auriculārem | auriculārēs auriculārīs |
| Ablative | auriculāre | auriculāribus |
| Vocative | auriculāris | auriculārēs |
References
- auricularis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)