murra
Dictionary entries
- Entry →murra, murrae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
fluorspar; agate?; highly prized mineral used for making vases;; myrrh (aromatic gum/ointment); tree source of myrrh (Commiphora schimperi);
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...vina dabit. CXIII Murrina. Si caldum potas, ardenti murra Falerno Convenit et melior fit sapor inde mero. CXIV..."Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...rumpet Otacilium. LXXX Plorat Eros, quotiens maculosae pocula murrae Inspicit aut pueros nobiliusve citrum, Et gemitus imo ducit..."Liber IV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...rogo, Thais? Immo fellat. Nos bibimus uitro, tu murra, Pontice. Quare? Prodat perspicuus ne duo uina calix..."
Liber Octavus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...carum caput ire cruenta sub freta, semiviri nec murra corpus Achivi sed pice, sed flammis et olentes sulphure..."Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...nardi lenis aristas quassaque cum fulva substravit cinnama murra, se super inponit finitque in odoribus aevum. inde ferunt..."Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...arbore guttae. est honor et lacrimis, stillataque cortice murra nomen erile tenet nulloque tacebitur aevo. 'At male conceptus..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...obibat aureus; ornabant aurata monilia collum et madidos murra curvum crinale capillos; ille quidem iaculo quamvis distantia misso..."Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...iuvant nec tela nec usus equorum, sed madidus murra crinis mollesque coronae purpuraque et pictis intextum vestibus aurum..."