murinus

Latin

Etymology

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 Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     albus, candidus, cānus, marmoreus (poetic), eburneus (poetic), niveus (poetic), argenteus (poetic), lacteus (poetic)      rāvus, pullus, mūrīnus (of livestock)      niger, āter, furvus, fuscus ("swarthy"), piceus (poetic)
             ruber, russus, rūbidus (dark), flammeus (poetic); rutilus, pūniceus, spādīx (poetic), sanguineus (poetic)              rūfus, rutilus, rōbus (of oxen), croceus (poetic), aureus (poetic); fulvus (poetic), niger (of eyes), badius (of horses)              lūteus, flāvus ("blond"), lūridus, gilvus (of horses), helvus (of cattle); cēreus (poetic)
             viridis, flāvus (poetic)              viridis, herbeus (of eyes), fulvus (poetic)              viridis, glaucus (poetic), caeruleus (poetic, only dark)
                          glaucus (poetic), caeruleus, caesius (of eyes)              caeruleus, līvidus, ferrūgineus (poetic), glaucus (poetic)
             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.