noun · femininefirst declension
muria
muria f (genitive muriae)
Meaning
- femininebrine, salt liquor, pickling
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | muria | muriae |
| genitive | muriae muriēī | muriārum |
| dative | muriae muriēī | muriīs |
| accusative | muriam muriem | muriās |
| ablative | muriā muriē | muriīs |
| vocative | muria | muriae |
mŭrĭa, ae (collat. form mŭrĭes, ēi. v infra), f. ἁλμυοίς,
I. salt liquor, brine, pickle:
oleae conduntur vel virides in muriā, Cato, R. R. 7; cf.: oleae ex muriā durā, Cels. 4, 9: dura, id. 4, 15: ut melius muriā, quam testa marina remittat, Hor. S. 2, 8, 53.—Form muries, Cato, R. R. 88, 2; Paul. ex Fest. p. 158 sq. Müll.; Fab. Pict. ap. Non. 223, 17.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
muria ae, f
1 MAR-, brine, pickle , H.
Origins
Unknown. Suspected to be an old fishermen’s term from Ancient Greek ἁλμῡρῐ́ς (halmūrĭ́s, literally “saltiness”) which, as well as ἅλμη (hálmē), also meant a kind of fish-sauce or brine. Or, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk- (“damp, slimy, slippery”), see also mucus.
Elsewhere
- Catalanmúria
- Frenchmeurette
- Italianmoia
- Italianmuria
- Portuguesemoura
- Romanianmoare
- Sardinianmúglia
- Sardinianmulza
- Sardinianmúrgia
- Sardinianmurxa
Aramaic
- Englishmurrifrom Arabic مُرِّيّ
- Jewish Palestinian Aramaicמורייסא
- Jewish Babylonian Aramaicמוּרְיָיסָא
- Classical Syriacܡܽܘܪܝܳܐ
- Mozarabicalmorífrom Arabic مُرِّيّ
- Mozarabicalmurífrom Arabic مُرِّيّ
- Mozarabicmorífrom Arabic مُرِّيّ
- Mozarabicmurífrom Arabic مُرِّيّ
- Old Catalanalmorífrom Arabic مُرِّيّ
- Old Spanishalmorífrom Arabic مُرِّيّ