muricatus
Latin
Etymology
From mūrex.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /muː.riˈkaː.tus/, [muːrɪˈkäːt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mu.riˈka.tus/, [muriˈkäːt̪us]
Adjective
mūricātus (feminine mūricāta, neuter mūricātum); first/second-declension adjective
- having a pointed shape of a purple-fish
- purple coloured
- fearful, timid; as though walking across caltrops
- rough with short, hard points; muricate
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | mūricātus | mūricāta | mūricātum | mūricātī | mūricātae | mūricāta | |
| Genitive | mūricātī | mūricātae | mūricātī | mūricātōrum | mūricātārum | mūricātōrum | |
| Dative | mūricātō | mūricātō | mūricātīs | ||||
| Accusative | mūricātum | mūricātam | mūricātum | mūricātōs | mūricātās | mūricāta | |
| Ablative | mūricātō | mūricātā | mūricātō | mūricātīs | |||
| Vocative | mūricāte | mūricāta | mūricātum | mūricātī | mūricātae | mūricāta | |
Related terms
References
- “muricatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- muricatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.