murrinus

Latin

Alternative forms

• myrrhinus

Etymology

murra +‎ -inus

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmur.ri.nus/, [ˈmʊrːɪnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmur.ri.nus/, [ˈmurːinus]

Adjective

murrinus (feminine murrina, neuter murrinum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) myrrh
2. of the color of myrrh

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	murrinus	murrina	murrinum		murrinī	murrinae	murrina
Genitive	murrinī	murrinae	murrinī		murrinōrum	murrinārum	murrinōrum
Dative	murrinō		murrinō		murrinīs
Accusative	murrinum	murrinam	murrinum		murrinōs	murrinās	murrina
Ablative	murrinō	murrinā	murrinō		murrinīs
Vocative	murrine	murrina	murrinum		murrinī	murrinae	murrina

Related terms

• murra

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)

albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)	glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.)	niger, āter, piceus, furvus
ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius	rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)	flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
galbus, galbinus, lūridus	viridis	prasinus
cȳaneus	caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.)	glaucus; līvidus; venetus
violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)	ostrīnus, amethystīnus	purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

References

• “murrinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• murrinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.