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)

1. (anatomy) Any of three muscles attaching the cartilage of the external ear to the skull.

   Hyponyms: auricularis anterior, auricularis posterior, auricularis superior

Translations

muscle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 耳肌 (ěrjī)

References

• “auricularis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Latin

Etymology

From auricula (“the external ear; the ear”) +‎ -āris (“-ar”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /au̯.ri.kuˈlaː.ris/, [äu̯rɪkʊˈɫ̪äːrɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯.ri.kuˈla.ris/, [äu̯rikuˈläːris]

Adjective

auriculāris (neuter auriculāre); third-declension two-termination adjective (Late Latin)

1. (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)

1. 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)