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Murena | Muraena (noun F) : (old form ), , , = μύραινα.
* The murena, a fish of which the ancients were very fond, Plin. 9, 55, 81, § 171: muraenam exdorsua,Plaut. Aul. 2, 9, 2; id. Pers. 1, 3, 30; Juv. 5, 99.
* Transf., a black stripe in the shape of this fish, a black vein in the table-tops of citron-wood, Plin. 13, 15, 30, § 98.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
Murena | Muraena, a, um | Mū-renĭānus | Mūraen- (noun F) : (ante-class form , but without class. authority)
* A Roman surname in the gens Licinia, Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 10; Col. 8, 16.—So
* L. Licinius Murena, who was defended by Cicero, in an oration still extant, against the charge of ambitus, Cic. Mur. 7, 15, etc.
* A. Terentus Varro Murena, an intimate friend of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 16, 12, 6; 13, 22, 1.
* L. Licinius Varro Murena, brother-in-law of Maecenas, Hor. S. 1, 5, 38.—Hence, (), , adj., of or belonging to Muraend, Muraenian: oratio, i. e. that pronounced by Cicero on behalf of L. Licinius Murena, Mart. Cap. 5, 172, § 525.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary