noun · femininefirst declension
murra1
murra f (genitive murrae)
Classical[ˈmʊr.ra]Ecclesiastical[ˈmur.ra]
Meaning
- femininemyrrh (gum-resin)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | murra | murrae myrrae, myrrhae |
| genitive | murrae myrrae, myrrhae | murrārum myrrārum, myrrhārum |
| dative | murrae myrrae, myrrhae | murrīs myrrhīs, myrrīs |
| accusative | murram myrram, myrrham | murrās myrrās, myrrhās |
| ablative | murrā | murrīs myrrhīs, myrrīs |
| vocative | murra | murrae myrrae, myrrhae |
murra (less correctly myrrha, murrha, v. Bramb. Orthog. p. 107), ae, f., = μύρρα.
I. Prop., the myrrh-tree, an Arabian tree, of which myrrh was the sap:
murram in iisdem silvis permixtā arbore nasci tradidere aliqui, Plin. 12, 15, 33, § 66; Ov. M. 10, 310; 15, 399.—II. Meton.
A. Myrrh, the gum which exudes from the myrrh-tree. The ancients used it to flavor their wine;
they also anointed their hair with a perfumed unguent made from it: lautissima apud priscos vina erant, murrae odore condita, Plin. 14, 13, 15, § 92: crines murrā madentes, Verg. A. 12, 100: crines murrā madidi, Ov. M. 5, 53; 3, 555; 4, 393; cf. id. Med. Fac. 88.—B. Personified, the daughter of Cinyras, who was changed into a myrrh-tree, Ov. M. 10, 298 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 58.
murra (less correctly murrha, myrrha), ae, f., = μύρρα.
I. A stone of which costly vessels (v. murrinus and murreus) were made:
maculosae pocula murrae, Mart. 10, 80, 1; hence, poet. transf., vessels of murra, murrine vases, id. 4, 86.— II. The myrrh-tree and myrrh, v. myrrha. —
III. Murra, the name of a horse, perh. of a spotted one, Inscr. Grut. 341.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
murra (myrrha, murrha) ae, f
, μύρρα, the myrrh-tree, an Arabian tree, of which myrrh was the sap: Dum ferat et murram (terra), O.— Myrrh, the gum of the myrrh-tree (used as hairointment): crines murrā madentes, V., O.—Person., a daughter of Cinyras, changed into a myrrhtree, O.
Origins
From Ancient Greek μύρρᾱ (múrrhā), of Semitic origin.