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aurĭchalcum, v. orichalcum.

aurĭcilla, v. oricilla.

‡ aurĭcoctor, ōris, m. [aurum-coctor], he that melts or refines gold, Inscr. Murat. 976, 6.

* aurĭ-cŏlor, ōris, adj. [aurum], of the color of gold: aethra, Juvenc. Evang. Bapt. Chr. 1, 359.

* aurĭ-cŏmans, antis, adj. [aurum], with golden hair, χρυσοκόμης: crocus, Aus. Idyll. 6, 11.

aurĭcŏmus, a, um, adj. [aurum-coma], with golden hair: sol, Val. Fl. 4, 92: Batavus, Sil. 3, 608.
Hence, poet., with golden foliage: fetus (arboris), Verg. A. 6, 141.

aurĭcŭla (or ōrĭcŭla, Trog. ap. Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 276; Balliol MS. Cic. ad Q. Fr. 2, 15 (Ellis ad Cat. 25, 2); cf. Fest. s. v. orata, p. 183 Müll.; cf. aurum init.), ae, f. dim. [auris].

  1. I. The external ear, the ear-lap: sine te prendam auriculis, sine dem suavium, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 163: Praehende auriculis, id. As. 3, 3, 78: auriculam fortasse mordicus abstulisset, Cic. ad Q. Fr. 3, 4: rubentes, Suet. Aug. 69: fractae, Plin. 20, 9, 40, § 103; Vulg. Matt. 26, 51; ib. Marc. 14, 47; ib. Joan. 18, 26.
    On account of its softness, prov.: auriculā infimā mollior, softer than the earlap, Cic. ad Q. Fr. 2, 15.
  2. II. In gen., the ear: ut omne Humanum genus est avidum nimis auricularum, have too itching ears, Lucr. 4, 594; Auct. ad Her. 4, 10; Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 16; 1, 2, 53; id. S. 1, 9, 20; 1, 9, 77; 2, 5, 33; Pers. 2, 30; Vulg. 1 Reg. 9, 15; ib. 2 Par. 17, 25.

aurĭcŭlārĭus. (also ōrĭcŭlārĭus, like oricula for auricula, Cels. 5, 26, 12; 7, 26, 5; 7, 30, 3 al.), ii, m. [auricula].

  1. I. Medicus, an aurist, Dig. 50, 13, 1; Inscr. Orell. 4, 227.
  2. II. A counsellor, Vulg. 2 Reg. 23, 23.
  3. III. = ὠτακουστής, Vet. Gloss.

aurĭfer, fĕra, fĕrum, adj. [aurum-fero], bearing, producing, or containing gold, goldbearing (poet. or in post-Aug. prose): amnis, i. e. Pactolus, * Tib. 3, 3, 29: arva, i. e. Spain, Sil. 16, 25: regio, Flor 4, 12, 60: harenae, Plin. 4, 22, 35, § 115: nemus, id. 5, 1, 1, § 4: arbor, i. e. bearing golden apples (in the garden of the Hesperides), Cic. Tusc. 2, 9, 22; Sil. 4, 639.

aurĭfex, fĭcis, m. [aurum-facio], a worker in gold, goldsmith, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 34; id. Men. 3, 3, 2; 4, 3, 8; Varr. L. L. 8, § 68 Müll.; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 25; id. de Or. 2, 38, 159; Vulg. 2 Esdr. 3, 8; 3, 30; ib. Isa. 40, 19; 46, 6 al.

* aurī̆flŭus, a, um, adj. [aurum-fluo], flowing with gold: Tagus, Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 604 (cf.: Tanti tibi non sit opaci Omnis harena Tagi quodque in mare volvitur aurum, Juv 3, 55).

aurĭ-fŏdīna, ae, f [aurum], a goldmine, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 78; Dig. 3, 4, 1 al.

aurīga, ae (aureax, Paul. ex Fest p. 8 Müll.), comm. (cf. Prisc. p. 677 P.) [aureaago], pr., he that handles the reins.

  1. I.
    1. A. A charioteer, driver (syn.: agitator, agaso), Verg. A. 12, 624; Hor C. 1, 15, 26; id. S. 1, 1, 115; Ov. M. 2, 327; id. Am. 3, 12, 37; Vulg 3 Reg. 22, 34; ib. 4 Reg. 2, 12; ib. 2 Par. 18, 13 al.
      Also, a groom, hostler, Verg. A. 12, 85.
      In fem.: nec currus usquam videt aurigamque sororem, Verg. A. 12, 918.
      Also, one who contended in the chariot-race, a charioteer in the games of the circus (the four parties of whom were distinguished by the colors, Veneta, blue, Prasina, green, Alba, white, and Russea sive Russata, red; cf Cassiod. Var 3, 51; Gesn. Plin. Ep. 9, 6, 2): auriga indoctus, Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 292, 32 (p. 328 Mos.); so Suet Aug. 43; id. Calig. 54; id. Vit. 12; id. Dom. 7.
    2. B. Transf.
      1. 1. As a constellation, the Wagoner, Gr. Ἡνιόχος, Cic. N. D. 2, 43, 110; Hyg. Astr. 3, 12; Col. 11, 2, 73.
      2. 2. Poet, a pilot, helmsman: aurigam video vela dedisse rati, Ov. Tr 1, 4, 16.
  2. II. Trop., director, leader: velut auriga rectrixque membrorum anima, Col. 11, 2, 9.

* aurīgālis, e, adj. [auriga], pertaining to a charioteer: corrigia, Edict. Dioclet. p. 26.

* aurīgans, antis, P. a., as if from aurigo, āre [aurum], glittering with gold: color, Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 1, 58 fin.

aurīgārĭus, ii, m. [auriga] (for the class. auriga), a charioteer in the races of the circus, Suet. Ner. 5; Inscr. Orell. 2596.

aurīgātĭo, ōnis, f. [aurigo], a driving of a chariot in the course (very rare), Suet. Ner. 35.
Trop., of the dolphin: lusus, gestationes, aurigationes, Gell. 7, 8, 4.

aurīgātor, ōris, m. [aurigo] (for the class. auriga), one who contends in the chariotrace, Inscr. Grut. 340, 3.
As a constellation, the Wagoner, Avien. Phaen. Arat. 405.

Aurĭgĕna, ae, comm. [aurum-gigno], sprung or produced from gold, gold-begotten; poet. epithet of Perseus, as son of Danaë by Jupiter transformed into a shower of gold, Ov. M. 5, 250; Sid. Carm. 6, 14 (cf. χρυσόπατρος, Lycophr. 838).

aurĭgĕr, gĕra, gĕrum, adj. [aurumgero], bearing gold: tauri, i. e. with gilded horns, Cic. Div. 2, 30, 63: arbor, on which the golden fleece hung, Val. Fl. 8, 110.

* aurīgĭnĕus (aurūgĭn-), a, um, adj. [aurugo], jaundiced: color, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 11.

‡ aurīgĭnōsus (aurūgĭn-), a, um, adj. [aurugo], jaundiced, ἰκτερικός, Gloss. Graec. Lat.; cf. Apul. Orth. Fragm. 41 Osann.

aurīgo, āvi, ātum, 1 (aurīgor, āri, v. dep., Varr. ap. Non. p. 70, 17), v. n. [auriga], to be a charioteer or a contender in the chariot-race, to drive a chariot, to contend in the chariot-race.

  1. I. Lit. (post-Aug.; most freq. in Suet.), Plin. 33, 5, 27, § 90; Suet. Calig. 54; id. Ner. 24; 4; 22; 53; id. Calig. 18; id. Vit. 4; 17.
  2. II. Trop., to rule, direct: quo natura aurigatur non necessitudo, Varr. ap. Non. l. l.: si (homines) nihil suā sponte faciunt, sed ducentibus stellis et aurigantibus, Gell. 14, 1, 23.

aurīgor, āri, v. aurigo init.

aurĭlĕgŭlus, i, m. [aurum-lego], a gold-picker, gold-collector, Cod. Th. 11, 19, 9; Paul Nol. Carm. 17 ad Nic. 269.

Aurinĭa, ae, f., a prophetess held in great veneration by the Germans, Tac. G. 8 fin. Rupert.

Aurinīni, ōrum, m., an older name for Saturnini, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 52.

aurĭ-pigmentum, i, n. [aurum], orpiment; composed of arsenic, sulphur, and earth, of a brilliant yellow color, Vitr. 7, 7; Cels. 5, 5; Plin. 33, 4, 22, § 79.

auris (abl., aure, auri), is, f. [v. audio].

  1. I. Lit., the ear as the organ of hearing, while auricula is the external ear, τὸ οὖς, Enn. ap. Non. p. 506, 1; Cato, R. R. 157, 16; Lucr. 4, 486; Plaut. Pers. 4, 9, 11; Vulg. Eccl. 1, 8; v. antestor.
    In comic style: Face, sis, vocivas aedīs aurium, make the chambers of your ears vacant, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 52; cf. aedes.
    Hence (usu. plur., aures): adhibere, to be attentive, to listen to, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 41; Cic. Arch. 3, 5: arrigere, Ter. And. 5, 4, 30; Verg. A. 1, 152: erigere, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 3; id. Sull. 11: admovere aurem, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28; Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 153: dare, to lend an ear, listen, id. Att. 1, 4; Sen. Hippol. 413; Val. Fl. 7, 419: dederet, Cic. Arch. 10, 26: applicare, Hor. C. 3, 11, 8; id. C. S. 72: praebere aures, Liv 38, 52, 11; 40, 8, 3: praebuimus longis ambagibus aures, Ov. M. 3, 692; 5, 334; 6, 1; 15, 465; and: praebere aurem (esp. in the signif., to incline the ears in order to hear, to listen to), Ov. M. 7, 821; Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 8; Suet. Calig. 22; Hor. S. 1, 1, 22; Prop. 3, 14, 15; Vulg. Job, 6, 28 al.; so, inclinare aurem, ib. 4 Reg. 19, 16; ib. Psa. 30, 3: auribus accipere, i. e. to hear, Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 9; Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 3; Lucr. 4, 982; 6, 164; Cic. de Or 1, 50, 218; Ov. M. 10, 62 al.: auribus percipite, Vulg. Judith, 5, 3; ib. Psa. 16, 2: te cupidā captat aure maritus, Cat. 61, 54; so, auribus aëra captat, Verg. A. 3, 514: auribus haurire, Ov. M. 13, 787; 14, 309: bibere aure, Hor. C. 2, 13, 32 al.: obtundere, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 120: tundere, id. Poen. 1, 3, 25: lacessere, Lucr. 4, 597: tergere, id. 6, 119: allicere, id. 6, 183: ferire, Cic. de Or. 2, 84, 344: implere, Tac. H. 1, 90 et saep.
    Particular phrases: in or ad aurem, also in aure, dicere, admonere, etc., to say something in the ear, softly or in secret, to whisper in the ear: in aurem Pontius, Scipio, inquit, vide quid agas, Cic. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 3, 12; so Hor. S. 1, 9, 9; Mart. 1, 90; Petr. 28, 5: ut Voluptati ministrarent et eam tantum ad aurem admonerent, Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 69: in aure dictare, Juv 11, 59: aurem vellere, to pull, as an admonition: Cynthius aurem Vellit et admonuit, i. e. admonished, reminded, Verg. E. 6, 3; so, pervellere, Sen. Ben. 4, 36; id. Ep. 94: dare or servire auribus, to gratify the ears, to flatter, Treb. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16; Caes. B. C. 2, 27: in utramvis or in dextram aurem dormire, to sleep soundly, i. e. to be unconcerned, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 101 (cf. Menaud. ap. Gell. 2, 23: Ἐπ’ἀμφοτέραν … μέλλει καθευδήσειν); Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 122; Plin. Ep. 4, 29: aures alicujus aperire (eccl. Lat., after the Heb.), to open one’s ears, i. e. to restore his hearing, Vulg. Marc. 7, 35.
  2. II. Meton.
    1. A.
          1. (α) The hearing, so far as it judges of the euphony of a discourse: offendent aures, quarum est judicium superbissimum, Cic. Or. 44, 150; so Auct. ad Her. 4, 23, 32: Atticorum aures teretes et religiosae, Cic. Or. 9, 27; so id. Brut. 32, 124; id. Font. 6; Hor. A. P. 387.
          2. (β) Hearers, auditors: Cum tibi sol tepidus plures admoverit aures, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 19.
    2. * B. Also, from its shape, the ear of a plough, the mould- or earthboard by which the furrow is widened and the earth turned back, Verg. G. 1, 172; cf. Voss ad h. 1.; Smith, Dict. Antiq., and Pall. 1, 43.

auriscalpĭum, ii, n. [auris-scalpo].

  1. I. An ear-pick, Mart. 14, 23.
  2. II. A surgical instrument, a probe, Scrib. Comp. 41; 228; 230.

* aurītŭlus, i, m. dim. [auritus], the long-eared animal, i. e. the ass, Phaedr. 1, 11, 6.

aurītus, a, um, adj. [auris].

  1. I.
    1. A. Furnished with ears (acc. to auris, l.), having long or large ears: auritus a magnis auribus dicitur, ut sunt asinorum et leporum, alias ab audiendi facultate, Paul. ex Fest. p. 8 Müll.: lepores, Verg. G. 1, 308; so, asellus, Ov. Am. 2, 7, 15: si meus aurita gaudet glaucopide Flaccus, Mart. 7, 87, 1.
      Hence, subst.: aurītus, i, m., the longeared animal, i. e. the hare, Avien. Phaen. Arat. 788.
    2. B. Trop.
      1. 1. Attentive, listening: face jam nunc tu, praeco, omnem auritum poplum, Plaut. As. prol. 4: ne quis Nostro consilio venator assit cum auritis plagis, id. Mil. 3, 1, 14.
        So of the trees and walls which listened to the music of Orpheus and Amphion’s lyre: quercus, Hor. C. 1, 12, 11: muri, Sid. Carm. 16, 4.
      2. 2. Testis auritus, a witness by hearsay, who has only heard, not seen, something, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 8.
      3. * 3. Pass. (as if part. of aurio, īre), heard: leges, Prud. Apol. 835.
  2. * II. Formed like the ear, ear-shaped: aurita aduncitas rostri, Plin. 10, 49, 70, § 136.
  3. * III. (Acc. to auris, II. B.) Furnished with an ear or mould-board: aratra, Pall. 1, 43.

† ŏrĭchalcum (also erroneously written aurĭchalcum, as if from aurum), i, n., = ὀρείχαλκος, yellow copper ore, also the brass made from it.

  1. I. Lit., Cic. Off. 3, 23, 92; Hor. A. P. 202: album, Verg. A. 12, 87.
    It was highly prized by the ancients, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 46; id. Mil. 3, 1, 61; id. Ps. 2, 3, 22; cf. Plin. 34, 2, 2, § 4 (al. aurichalci).
  2. II. Transf., of brass implements.
    So of a brazen tuba, Val. Fl. 3, 61.
    Of arms of brass, Stat. Th. 10, 660.

* ōrĭcilla (aur-), ae, f. dim. [auricula, auris], an ear-lap: mollior … imula oricilla, Cat. 25, 2.