noun · neuterthird declension
marmor
marmor n (genitive marmoris)
Classical[ˈmar.mɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈmar.mor]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- neutera block or piece of marble
- neuterpulverized marble, marble dust
- in pluralneutera marble pavement
- neutera marble statue; marble building
- figurativelyneuterthe surface of the sea; the sea
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
lapis candidus et dūrus, ex quō statuae et templa fīunt.marmor -oris n — in Mille Verba, Urbs et Aedificia
lapis pulcher aedificiōrummarmor -oris (n) — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 5
lapis candidus et nitēnsmarmor -oris (n) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 5, 8, 10
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | marmor | marmora marmura |
| genitive | marmoris marmuris | marmorum marmurum |
| dative | marmorī marmurī | marmoribus marmuribus |
| accusative | marmor | marmora marmura |
| ablative | marmore marmure | marmoribus marmuribus |
| vocative | marmor | marmora marmura |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- simulacrum e marmore facere
- to make a marble statue.
marmor, ŏris (also marmur; plur. marmura, Antonius Gripho ap. Quint. 1, 6, 23; abl. marmori, Corp. Inscr. L. 1012; m., Plin. Val. 3, 14), n. root mar-, gleam, glimmer (v. mare), the white or gleaming stone; cf. margarita, = μάρμαρος,
I. marble.
I. Lit.:
in omni marmore, Cic. Div. 2, 21, 48: Parium marmor, Quint. 2, 19, 3; 5, 11, 30: tu secanda marmora Locas, Hor. C. 2, 18, 17: templum de marmore ponam, Verg. G. 3, 13; cf.: vivos ducent de marmore vultus, id. A. 6, 848: parietes crusta marmoris operire totius domus, Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48: A MARMORIBVS, one whose office it was to superintend the purchasing and working of marble, Inscr. Grut. 593, 7: marmora, kinds of marble, Sen. Ep. 100, 5; Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 54; 36, 16, 25, § 126; but blocks or pieces of marble, Hor. l. l.; Luc. 10, 114; Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 160; 36, 1, 1, § 2; Quint. 5, 11, 30; Mart. 5, 22, 8; v. infra.—II. Transf.
A. Pulverized marble, marble-dust, Cato, R. R. 2, 3; Col. 12, 20 fin.; Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 120; 23, 1, 24, § 45.—
B. A marble, i. e.,
1. A piece of wrought marble, marble statue, etc.:
Praxiteles marmore nobilitatus est Gnidiaque Venere, Plin. 7, 38, 39, § 127; Hor. C. 4, 8, 13; Ov. M. 5, 234; 12, 487: duo marmora, id. ib. 7, 790; cf.: lacrimas marmora manant, id. ib. 6, 312; so plur., Sen. Ep. 90, 26; Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 9; 33, 7, 40, § 122; Stat. Silv. 1, 3, 36; Juv. 1, 12; 14, 40 et saep.— C. A mile-stone of marble:
rus marmore tertio notatum, i. e. three miles from town, Mart. 7, 31, 10.— D. A marble slab upon a sideboard, Juv. 3, 205.—
E. A hard, stony tumor in the joints of the horse:
plerumque in genibus aut phlegmon oritur, aut marmora, Veg. Vet. 2, 48, 1: tumor obduratione convertitur in marmor, id. ib. 2, 48, 10.—G. Poet., the bright level surface of the sea; hence, the surface of the sea, the sea in gen.: verrunt extemplo placide mare marmore flavo, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 26, 21 (Ann. v. 377 Vahl.); Lucr. 2, 767:
lento luctantur marmore tonsae, Verg. A. 7, 28; id. G. 1, 254: Libycum, id. A. 7, 718: spumant vada marmore verso, id. ib. 10, 208: marmora pelagi, Cat. 63, 88: infidum, Sil. 14, 464: medium, the surface of a lake, Val. Fl. 6, 568.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
marmor oris, n
, μάρμαρος, marble, a block of marble: mensae e marmore: Parium, H.: templum de marmore ponam, V.: nomen in marmore lectum, gravestone, O.: Marmoribus rivi properant, on the marble floor, Iu.: sub eodem marmore, slab (of a table), Iu.—A piece of wrought marble, marble monument, statue: incisa notis marmora publicis, H.: voltus in marmore supplex, O.: lacrimas marmora manant (of one statue), O.—A stone: marmor erant (corpora), O.: flumen inducit marmora rebus, incrusts, O.—The shining surface of the sea, sea, ocean: lento luctantur marmore tonsae, V.: marmora pelagi, Ct.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros).
Descendants
- Catalanmarbre
- GermanMurmelfrom Old High German marmul
- GermanMarmor
- Italianmarmo
- Occitanmarbre
- Occitanmarme
- Englishmarblefrom Old French marbre
- Frenchmarbrefrom Old French marbre
- Portuguesemármore
- Romanianmarmură