Meaning [he/she/it] is well spoken of. Thus Herodotus [sc. uses the phrase].[1]
[It is recorded] that hearing happens not by the entrance of the outside air into the ear, but by the contact of the air contained in the ears; the proof of this is that we can also hear in water, although water does not go into the ears. For if it did, it would destroy and force out the air contained in our ears, which permits hearing, and would immediately hinder the very contact of the membrane with the impression [of sound]; and moreoever by staying in the cavities [of the ears] it would destroy and hinder the sensory facility. And hence were many men hindered [from hearing].[2]
Look under meninx ["membrane"] further concerning hearing.[3]