Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In zoology and anatomy, an ear; the outer ear or auricle.
- noun 2. [capitalized] [NL.] In conchology, a genus of ear-shells: synonymous with Haliotis.
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Fresonibus igitur tributum daturis mos erat singulos nummos in hujus _scuti cavum_ conjicere, e quibus eos duntaxat in censum regium ratio computantis eligeret, qui eminus exatoris aures clarioris soni crepitaculo perstrinxissent quo evenit, ut id solum æs quæstor in fiscum supputando colligeret, cujus casum remotiore auris indicio persensisset, cujus vero obscurior sonus citra computantis defuisset auditum, recipiebatur quidem in fiscum (!!!), sed nullum summæ præstabat augmentum.
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'Sicubi ad auris fama tuam pugnam clarans adlata dicasset.'
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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In 1585 Fabricius de Hilden invented the speculum auris.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 Various
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'Nil credo auguribus, qui auris verbis divitant alienas, suas ut auro locupletent domos.'
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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Hinc enim mihi dextra vox auris, ut videtur, verberat.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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Delmatico peperit triumpho. iam nunc minaci murmure cornuum perstringis auris, iam litui strepunt,
Pollio Horace 1912
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* Ceterum qualia illa sunt, quae nec oculus vidit nec auris audivit nec in cor hominis ascenderunt?
The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908
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A rod-like columella auris replaces the chain of ear ossicles, and may, or may not, answer to the stapes alone, or even possibly to the entire series.
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The ` round ear '(No. 8) is one of Binder's types, and that with a ` wound below' (No. 9) probably refers to a case of fistula auris congenita (Toynbee, ` Diseases of the Ear, '1860).
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The 'round ear' (No. 8) is one of Binder's types, and that with a 'wound below' (No. 9) probably refers to a case of fistula auris congenita (Toynbee, 'Diseases of the Ear,' 1860).
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