murex
See also: Murex
English
shell of a Venus comb murex, Murex pecten
Wikispecies
Etymology
From Latin murex.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmjʊɚ.ɛks/
Noun
murex (plural murexes or murices)
- Any of the genus Murex of marine gastropods.
- 1991, John Montroll, Robert J. Lang, Origami Sea Life, page 56:
- The murexes (family Muricidae) are one of the most beautiful and sought-after families by shell collectors.
- 1991, John Montroll, Robert J. Lang, Origami Sea Life, page 56:
Hypernyms
- muricine
Hyponyms
- false venus comb, woodcock murex
Translations
sea snail of the genus Murex
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Anagrams
- muxer, rumex
French
Etymology
From Latin.
Noun
murex m (plural murex)
- Murex
Further reading
- “murex”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- rumex
Latin
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps a derivative of mūs (“mouse”), whence mūsculus (“a saltwater mussel”).[1] Alternatively, together with Ancient Greek μύαξ (múax, “sea mussel”) borrowed from a Mediterranean substrate language.[2]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmuː.reks/, [ˈmuːrɛks̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmu.reks/, [ˈmuːreks]
Noun
mūrex m (genitive mūricis); third declension
- A shellfish used as a source of the dye Tyrian purple; the purple-fish
- Tyrian purple, the purple dye, a purple color, made from the juice of the purple-fish
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.107:
- induerat Tyriō bis tīnctam mūrice pallam
- He had put on his mantle, twice dyed with Tyrian purple.
- induerat Tyriō bis tīnctam mūrice pallam
- A sharp murex shell used as a bridle bit.
- A pointed rock or stone.
- A caltrop.
- An iron spike.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mūrex | mūricēs |
| Genitive | mūricis | mūricum |
| Dative | mūricī | mūricibus |
| Accusative | mūricem | mūricēs |
| Ablative | mūrice | mūricibus |
| Vocative | mūrex | mūricēs |
Derived terms
- mūricātus
- mūriculus
- mūriculātus
Descendants
- English: muriciform, muricite, muricoid
- Irish: maorach
- Catalan: múrex
- Italian: murice
- Portuguese: múrice
- Spanish: múrice
- Translingual: Murex
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “mus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 396
- Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “murex”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), with additions and corrections of Jacques André, 4th edition, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, pages 422–423
Further reading
- “murex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “murex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “murex”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Rich, Anthony (1849), “murex”, in The Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary and Greek Lexicon, London: Longmans, page 435
- “murex”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin