LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

mūrīnus

mūrīnus (feminine mūrīna, neuter mūrīnum)
Classical[muːˈriː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[muˈriː.nus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiverelationalmouse or rat; murine
  2. adjectivemousy
  3. adjectivegray

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativemūrīnusmūrīnamūrīnum
genitivemūrīnīmūrīnaemūrīnī
dativemūrīnōmūrīnaemūrīnō
accusativemūrīnummūrīnammūrīnum
ablativemūrīnōmūrīnāmūrīnō
vocativemūrīnemūrīnamūrīnum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativemūrīnīmūrīnaemūrīna
genitivemūrīnōrummūrīnārummūrīnōrum
dativemūrīnīsmūrīnīsmūrīnīs
accusativemūrīnōsmūrīnāsmūrīna
ablativemūrīnīsmūrīnīsmūrīnīs
vocativemūrīnīmūrīnaemūrīna

mūrīnus, a, um, adj. mus,
I. of mice, mouse- (ante-class. and post-Aug.): murinus color, mouse-color, Varr. ap. Non. 8, 2; Col. 6, 37, 6; Pall. 4, 13, 4: equus, Varr. Sat. Men. 63, 13: sanguis, Plin. 30, 9, 23, § 81: fimus, id. 29, 6, 34, § 106: pellis, id. 29, 6, 36, § 113: pelles, the skins of martens, ermines, etc., Just. 2, 2, 9: hordeum, a kind of wild barley, Plin. 22, 25, 65, § 135.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*múHs
  2. Proto-Italic*mūs
  3. Latinmūrīnus

Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin mūrīnus From mūs (“mouse or rat”) + -īnus.

Descendants
  • Sardinianmùrinu
  • Sardinianmurru
  • Englishmurine
  • Italianmurino
  • TranslingualMurina

Quick answers

What does mūrīnus mean in Latin?
mūrīnus, a adjective, means “mouse or rat; murine; mousy”.
How do you pronounce mūrīnus?
In classical Latin, [muːˈriː.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [muˈriː.nus].
Where does mūrīnus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *múHs → Proto-Italic *mūs → Latin mūrīnus.