aurītus, a, um, adj. [auris].
I.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.—
B Trop.
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 Testis auritus, a witness by hearsay , who has only heard , not seen , something , Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 8.—*
3 Pass. (as if part. of aurio, īre), heard : leges, Prud. Apol. 835.—*
II Formed like the ear , ear-shaped : aurita aduncitas rostri, Plin. 10, 49, 70, § 136.— *
III (Acc. to auris, II. B.) Furnished with an ear or mould-board : aratra, Pall. 1, 43.