auritus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws

Proto-Italic *auzis

Latin auris

Latin -ītus

Latin aurītus

From auris (“ear”) + -ītus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [au̯ˈriː.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [au̯ˈriː.tus]

Adjective

aurītus (feminine aurīta, neuter aurītum); first/second-declension adjective

1. having (long or large) ears; having the form of an ear
2. attentive, listening

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	aurītus	aurīta	aurītum		aurītī	aurītae	aurīta
genitive	aurītī	aurītae	aurītī		aurītōrum	aurītārum	aurītōrum
dative	aurītō	aurītae	aurītō		aurītīs
accusative	aurītum	aurītam	aurītum		aurītōs	aurītās	aurīta
ablative	aurītō	aurītā	aurītō		aurītīs
vocative	aurīte	aurīta	aurītum		aurītī	aurītae	aurīta

References

• “auritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “auritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “auritus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.