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名詞

murra (countable and uncountable, plural murras)

1. (historical) An ornamental stone for vases, etc. described by Pliny, most probably fluorspar; it was first brought to Rome by Pompey, 61 B.C.

関連する語

• murrhine, murrine

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈmʊr.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈmur.ra]

語源 1

From Ancient Greek μύρρᾱ (múrrhā), of Semitic origin.

名詞

murra f (genitive murrae); first declension

1. myrrh (gum-resin)

語形変化

First-declension noun.

語源 2

Of Iranian origin; see modern Persian مروارید (“pearl”). Compare Ancient Greek μόρρια (mórrhia, “agate”), Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs, “pearl”), and perhaps Arabic مَرْو (marw, “pebble, flint, quartz”).

名詞

murra f (genitive murrae); first declension

1. a stone (possibly agate) of which precious vessels were made

語形変化

First-declension noun.

参照

• “murra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “murra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• murra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.