murrinus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

murra +‎ -inus

Pronunciation

Adjective

murrinus (feminine murrina, neuter murrinum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (relational) myrrh
  2. of the color of myrrh

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative murrinus murrina murrinum murrinī murrinae murrina
Genitive murrinī murrinae murrinī murrinōrum murrinārum murrinōrum
Dative murrinō murrinō murrinīs
Accusative murrinum murrinam murrinum murrinōs murrinās murrina
Ablative murrinō murrinā murrinō murrinīs
Vocative murrine murrina murrinum murrinī murrinae murrina

Related terms

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)      glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeusgrīseus (ML. or NL.)      niger, āter, piceus, furvus
             ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceusmurrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius              rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)              flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
             galbus, galbinus, lūridus              viridis              prasinus
             cȳaneus              caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.)              glaucus; līvidus; venetus
             violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)              ostrīnus, amethystīnus              purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

References

  • murrinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • murrinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.