murinus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *múHs
Proto-Italic *mūs
Latin mūs
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnus
Latin mūrīnus

    From mūs (“mouse or rat”) + -īnus.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    mūrīnus (feminine mūrīna, neuter mūrīnum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. (relational) mouse or rat; murine
    2. mousy
    3. (livestock color) gray

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative mūrīnus mūrīna mūrīnum mūrīnī mūrīnae mūrīna
    genitive mūrīnī mūrīnae mūrīnī mūrīnōrum mūrīnārum mūrīnōrum
    dative mūrīnō mūrīnae mūrīnō mūrīnīs
    accusative mūrīnum mūrīnam mūrīnum mūrīnōs mūrīnās mūrīna
    ablative mūrīnō mūrīnā mūrīnō mūrīnīs
    vocative mūrīne mūrīna mūrīnum mūrīnī mūrīnae mūrīna

    Descendants

    • Sardinian: mùrinu, murru
    • → English: murine (learned)
    • → Italian: murino (learned)
    • → Translingual: Murina

    See also

    Colors in Classical and Old Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
         albus, candidus, cānus, marmoreus (poetic), eburneus (poetic), niveus (poetic), argenteus (poetic), lacteus (poetic)      pullus, fuscus, aquilus, mūrīnus (of livestock)      āter, niger, furvus, piceus (poetic)
                 rūfus, russus, ruber, flammeus (poetic), rōbus (of oxen), burrus; pūniceus, spādīx (poetic), sanguineus (poetic)              rutilus, fulvus (poetic), rāvus (of eyes), aureus (poetic), croceus (poetic); rūbidus, niger, badius (of horses)              lūridus, flāvus, lūteus, gilvus (of horses), helvus (of cattle); cēreus (poetic)
                 viridis, flāvus (poetic)              viridis, herbeus, fulvus (poetic)              viridis, glaucus, caeruleus (poetic, only dark)
                              glaucus, caesius (of eyes)              līvidus, caeruleus, ferrūgineus (poetic), glaucus
                 violāceus              purpureus (underlying shade)              roseus

    References

    • “murinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • "murinus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “murinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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