What does mūricātus mean in Latin?

mūricātus, a adjective, means “having a pointed shape of a purple-fish; purple coloured; fearful, timid”.

How do you pronounce mūricātus?

In classical Latin, [muː.rɪˈkaː.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [mu.riˈkaː.tus].

adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

mūricātus (feminine mūricāta, neuter mūricātum)

Classical[muː.rɪˈkaː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[mu.riˈkaː.tus]

singular
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mūricātus	mūricāta	mūricātum
genitive	mūricātī	mūricātae	mūricātī
dative	mūricātō	mūricātae	mūricātō
accusative	mūricātum	mūricātam	mūricātum
ablative	mūricātō	mūricātā	mūricātō
vocative	mūricāte	mūricāta	mūricātum

plural
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mūricātī	mūricātae	mūricāta
genitive	mūricātōrum	mūricātārum	mūricātōrum
dative	mūricātīs	mūricātīs	mūricātīs
accusative	mūricātōs	mūricātās	mūricāta
ablative	mūricātīs	mūricātīs	mūricātīs
vocative	mūricātī	mūricātae	mūricāta

mūrĭcātus, a, um, adj. id.,

I. shaped like a purple-fish, pointed.

I. Lit.: folia spinosa, muricatis cacuminibus, Plin. 20, 23, 99, § 262.—

II. Transf. (acc. to murex, II. B. 3.), fearful, timid, as if walking over caltrops: gressus, Fulg. Myth. 1.

From mūrex.

Descendants