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murra | murrha | myrrha | Murra (noun F) = μύρρα: (less correctly , ), , , = .
* 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.
* The myrrh-tree and myrrh, v. myrrha.
* The name of a horse, perh. of a spotted one, Inscr. Grut. 341.
* 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.
* The myrrh-tree and myrrh, v. myrrha.
* The name of a horse, perh. of a spotted one, Inscr. Grut. 341.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
murra | murris, ĭdis (noun F) : and , , , = μύρρα and μνρρίς
* A plant, called also smyrrhiza, sweet - cicely, Plin. 24, 16, 97, § 154.
* A plant, called also smyrrhiza, sweet - cicely, Plin. 24, 16, 97, § 154.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
murra | myrrha | murrha (noun F) = μύρρα: (less correctly , , v. Bramb. Orthog. p. 107), , , = .
* 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.
* Meton.
* 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.
* Personified, the daughter of Cinyras, who was changed into a myrrh-tree, Ov. M. 10, 298 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 58.
* 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.
* Meton.
* 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.
* Personified, the daughter of Cinyras, who was changed into a myrrh-tree, Ov. M. 10, 298 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 58.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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