Latin edit

Etymology edit

A diminutive of auricula (earlobe) or of auris (ear).

Noun edit

ōricilla f (genitive ōricillae); first declension

  1. earlobe
  2. external part of the ear

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ōricilla ōricillae
Genitive ōricillae ōricillārum
Dative ōricillae ōricillīs
Accusative ōricillam ōricillās
Ablative ōricillā ōricillīs
Vocative ōricilla ōricillae

References edit

  • 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.