oricilla

Latin

Etymology

From auris (“ear”)) + illa (a double diminutive suffix) or from auris (“ear”) + cula + illa

Noun

ōricilla f (genitive ōricillae); first declension

  1. earlobe
  2. external part of the ear

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative ōricilla ōricillae
genitive ōricillae ōricillārum
dative ōricillae ōricillīs
accusative ōricillam ōricillās
ablative ōricillā ōricillīs
vocative ōricilla ōricillae

References

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