murexとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Ancient Greek μύαξ (múax, “sea mussel”), from μῦς (mûs).^[1]

名詞

murex (複数形 murexes または murices)

1. Any of the genus Murex of marine gastropods.
   • 1991, John Montroll, Robert J. Lang, Origami Sea Life, page 56:

     The murexes (family Muricidae) are one of the most beautiful and sought-after families by shell collectors.

アナグラム

• muxer, rumex

参照

Latin

語源

From Ancient Greek μύαξ (múax, “sea mussel”), from μῦς (mûs) (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?).

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː.reks/, [ˈmuː.rɛks]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.reks/, [ˈmuː.rɛks]

名詞

mūrex m (genitive mūricis); third declension

1. A shellfish used as a source of the dye Tyrian purple; the purple-fish
2. The purple dye so produced.
3. A sharp murex shell used as a bridle bit.
4. A pointed rock or stone.
5. A caltrop.
6. An iron spike.

語形変化

Third-declension noun.

派生語

• mūricātus
• mūriculus
• mūriculātus

派生した語

• English: muriciform, muricite, muricoid
• Irish: maorach
• Italian: murice
• Portuguese: múrice
• Spanish: múrice
• Translingual: Murex

参照

• murex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• murex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• murex in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• murex in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin