MUR 
MUR 
MUS 
city in an assault. — Lucret. Muralis co¬ 
rona, A. e. the crown on the head of Cybele, 
adorned with walls and towers. 
MCRaLIUM, ii, n. See Muralis. 
MuRaTOS (murus), a, um, adj. walled, 
3 surrounded or defended with walls, rerei- 
%i apevos. Vcjret. 
MORCIA, or MuRTrX, ;e, f. an epithet of 
Venus, from the myrtle which was sacred 
to her; for, according to Plin. 15, 36, 
she was formerly called Venus Myrtca. 
-IT Also, the goddess of sloth. Au¬ 
gustin. 
MuRCIDOS (murcus), a, um, adj. sloth- 
3 ful, sluggish, laiy. Augustin. 
MuRCIOb, and MuRTIuS (probably 
3 from myrtus), a, um, adj. sacred to, or 
called after, Venus Murcia. Apul. me¬ 
tre, sc. in Circo, from their being near 
the temple of the goddess Murcia. 
MuRCOS (perhaps from paXand j, AGoI. 
3 yvXKds), i, m. one that is slothful, lain, 
vile, cowardly. Particularly, one who 
cuts off his thumb that he might not be made 
a soldier. Ammian. 
MuReX (imc.), Icis, m. a purple-fish; a 
kind of shell-fish armed with sharp 
prickles and a long beak, by which it 
was distinguished from purpura. Plin. 
9, GO. According to Harduin, same as 
Buccmum. - 11 Also, the juice of this 
fish, which was used for dyeina-; purple 
purple color. Virg. -' IT By poets! 
inton is represented as blowing upon 
such a shell. Ovid. Also, Phorcys. 
Valer. Place. — They were also used 
lor keeping fluids, as ointment. Mar- 
hai. — Also, for adorning a grotto. 
Umd. —— IT Also, any thing pointed like 
a purple-fish; ns, a sharp-pointed rock or 
stone. Virg. — Also, a square iron in¬ 
strument, which, wherever it miirht be 
thrown, presented its sharp points ; a cal- 
a Z L ~ A|S0 ’ P erlla PS, a bridle, 
formed in the same way. Stat. Achill. ], 
~r* — Oe.ll. Captivos in armario muri- 
cirnis priefixo destitutes, et insomnia 
e • Vented irons. 
MuRGANTIX re, f. « town of Sicily. 
0 - 11 Also, a town of Paly in the 
country of the Samnites. Liv. 
M «f n G r A /> N ; TlN ° S ( Mllr g an tia), a, um, adj. 
longing to the town Murgantia in 
Mi ^ antian - Oic. 
i..- A ^ salt liquor, stronor 
c l Pl ? k ' 4" * rtpwl Cels, and 
ral Sot A a CO c- ln - g t0 IIemdor f a <l Ho- 
On'p nf n? 11 was two Rinds. 
a solutJn lea e’ ca , lled <iura, was merely 
12 r U r h °fj alt and water - Colum. 
i n ’ ' , otl)er was prepared by boil- 
solt an d°h ter 0r fi om " wn uiater with 
ticuh V tt nty - , , Colum. 12, 25. _ Par- 
othcr small * ? lckle ln w hich tunnies and 
2 nmre.v. p^^ murejc )> a( Tv- shaped like a 
■l° r like the a ’ ura > ac *J- belonging to 
, Point,. AuZ l-, r 0 ' 1 " 11 ’ P ointed >f“ U of 
MORlcinno f’ lac, *n;e. 
3 a 'i'ousc-lciller n ' 1 ur & ^ C:E(lo) > a > um > at, j- 
r °uch amliJ t ? V .?. K _ T6v ,° s *' a tcT ’n of r e - 
Plaut. 
l^lffiocowarZ 5 . r 
WORiLfiGOT «J a , me as Mwria. Cato. 3 
3 °»e who & le S lllus )> m. 
„ c od. .hit far lni >r,ces, Koy X vhev-y S . 
M OR I NOS ( 
■- hvtordc. /)' ’ a ’ 11 rn ) adj. of a mouse, 
fimils. cl™ n ? U,S - /rf -Pellis. Id. 
? ei "n, h e ™’ c . olor - --IT Plin. hor- 
b - Scribon rti “ kmd of wild bar - 
i ,e rb called moiitr « auncl| la, h. e. an 
les m uri n ™ 7 . • j J ustin. Pel- 
hutrtens, ermin'e ' , P rf r ° bab, y> tke ins of 
animals. aid other small furred 
,lfl RM0R (unc , . . 
?r° s ; Of person^'V - am urmur, xb6 
11 Also, of an v °" ’ y "g- and Liv!-1— 
n urmuring Zf' railar noise or sound, a 
Vd.rivi ' T^’fo.und. Cic. marls. 
nis 
sound 
nvi. Ultra m ‘ Clr ~ ra aris. 
„ '■ Soofbees r ,Ur « dare ’ A ' p - 
I'urmure a “ , n i ' V h lr S- Strepit om- 
\l iUn rno ise. ora? l ' e% humming or 
Masn “ misceri n orm ," 1 th "»der.“M. 
nturmure cielum, h. e. 
,'niiii'. 
dm. Of the wind. Id. Ventosi cecide 
runt murmuris aurie. Of a volcanic 
mountain. Sueton. Antnisi verticis fumo 
ac murmure pavefactus, h. e. grumblin <r, 
rumbling. Of an earthquake. Plin. 
Pra^cedit murmur similius mugitibus, 
aut clamori humano, annorumve pul- 
santium fragori. Of a roaring lion. 
Martial. Auditur quantum Massyla per 
avia murmur, innumero quoties silva 
leone furit, h. e. roaring. Of a tiger. 
Stat. Tigridis Hyrcanae jejunum mur 
mur, h. c. growling, giuirlinir. Of a 
wind instrument, as, of a tuba. Pro- 
pert. Tubicen fera murmura conde, h. e. 
dread blasts. Of a bugle. Horat. Mi- 
naci murmure cornuum perstringis au- 
res. Of a tibia. Ovid. Aera complere 
inflati murmure buxi. Plin. Murmura 
anrium, h. e. a ringing, tingling, or any 
other noise in the ear. Propert. Contem- 
nere murmura fam®. 
MiRMORaBuNDuS (murmuro), a, um, 
3adj. same as Murmurans, murmurinn- or 
muttering. Apul. “ 
MuRMORaTIB (Id.),onis,f. amurmuring, 
2 small noise, poppuptopos. Plin. —— 
IT Also, a muttering, grumbling. Se- 
nec. 
MuRMORaTBR (Id.), 5ris, m. a murmur- 
3 er. Pest. -IT Also, a grumbler. Au¬ 
gustin. 
MORMORxLLS (dimin. of murmuro), as, 
3 n. 1 . to utter a low murmur, vttotuvoopv- 
£&>. Plaut. 
MuRMORS (murmur), as, avi, atum, a. 1 . 
2 to mutter, murmur, poppvpw. Of per¬ 
sons. Varr. Oui murmurat, ita leviter 
loquitur, quod magis id sono facere,quam 
ut intelligatur, videatur. Plant, secum. 
Also, with an accusat. following. Ovid. 
Flebili lingua murmurat e.xanimis.' 
Hence, Apul. Magia murmurata carmi- 
nibus, h. e. in which certain forms are 
muttered over. — Also, of other tilings, 
to murmur, sound, rustle, roar, rumble ’ 
&c. Cic. Murmurans mare. Plin. ignes, 
h. e. as a sign of change of weather. Of 
the song of a nightingale. Id. Secum 
ipsa murmurat. Plant. Intestina inur- 
murarit.-IT Also, to grumble, mutter. 
Plant. Servi murmurant. 
MuRMuRBR (Id.), aris, atus sum, dep. 1 . 
3 same as Murmuro, to murmur. Varr. 
- If Also, to grumble at any thing. 
Apul. tarditatem. 
MURoBATHRaRIUS, ii, rn. See Mur- 
3 rhobathrarius. 
MORRaTOS, a, um. See Myrrhatus. 
MuRRHX, and AJtRRHa (iVK f ;/,a), ce, f. 
a stone or Icind of earth found in Eastern 
countries, of which precious vessels were 
made, called vasa mwrrhina. Martial. 
10, 80, 1 . Poets commonly use murrha 
for vasa murrhina. The murrha of the 
ancients was probably porcelain. _ 
U Also, same as Myrrha, myrrh. See 
Myrrha. 
MuRRHaTOS. See Myrrhatus. 3 
MuRRHEOS, and MyRRHkOS (murrha, 
2 or myrrha), a, um, adj. made of the stone 
called murra, or murrha. Propert. 
MuRRHINTS, and MyRRIUNcS (Id.), 
2 a, um, adj. of the murrha, or murrhine 
stone, murrhine or myrrhine. Plin. Mur¬ 
rhina, sc. vasa. Suet, cali.x. Plin. Vi- 
trum murrhinum, h. e. glass which re¬ 
sembles vasa murrhina in paintbur. 
MORRIIBBaTHRaRIuS, or MuRROBa- 
3 TIIRaRIOS, or MURBBaTHRaRIOS 
(pvpov, or pvppa, & (Sd^pov), ii, m. one 
that gives an agreeable smell to women’s 
shoes by balsam, &:c. Plaut. 
MuRSX or- MuRSIX, ®, f. a town of Pan¬ 
noma or Hungary, now Essech. Eutrop. 
— Hence, Mursensis, e, adj. relating to 
Mursa or Mursia. Ammian. 
MuRTX (myrtus), as, f. a myrtle. Cato. 3 
MuRTATUS, ) „ 0 
MURTEUS. j See Myrtus, &c. 
MURTICJS. See Murcius. 
M0R0S (unc.), i, m. a wall, as, of a town, 
tsTxos- Cic. urbis.—Hence, poetically, 
rriuri, for urbs. Ovid. Repetens patrios 
muros.—Also, a wall of a building. Cic. 
and Tacit. -TI Figur. any thing re¬ 
sembling a wall. Hence, a bank or mound 
of earth, a dam. Varr. — Also, the cir¬ 
cumference or rim of a pot. Juvenal. So, 
also, Plin. Cormunitum costarum et pec¬ 
toris muro. — Also, a wooden tower fasten¬ 
ed on the bach of an elephant. Sil. — Also 
the head-dress of Cybele, consisting of tow- 
ers, is called by Clavdian. inurus crina- 
lis. If Also, figur. wall, defence, pro¬ 
tection, security. Cic. Lex XElia et Pu¬ 
na propugnaciila murique tranquillita- 
t '? Horat. Hie murus reneus esto, &c. 
Also, of persons. Achilles is called by 
Omd. Murus Graium. 
MuS (pbs), muris, m. and f. a mouse. Cic., 
Virg. and 1Iurat. — But by mures, in an- 
cient writers, not only our common and 
destructive mice are meant, but also 
other animals. Plin. Mures /Hgvptii, 
h.e. a species of rat, musCahirinus, or 
Cairo mouse of Geoffroy. Id. Mus Pon- 
ticus, h. e. probably the ermine. — Mar¬ 
tens, ermines, Ac. seem to have been 
included under this name. Ammian. 
Indumentis ex pellibus sylvestriuin 
murium. Also, the musk, moschus irios- 
chifei, the skin of which was much val¬ 
ued on account of its smell. Hieron. — 
It is also used as a word-of abuse. Pe¬ 
tr on. -IT Plin. Mus marimis, h. e. a 
sea-mouse, a kind of crustaceans animal. 
— IT Also, the name oj a Roman family 
of the gens Decia. 
MuSA (Movaa), is, f. a Muse, goddess of 
learning, particularly of poetry and music. 
i he ancients, sometimes enumerate 
three muses, but generally nine, viz. 
Calliope, Clio, Melpomene, Thalia, Eu¬ 
terpe, Erato, Urania, Polyhymnia, Terp¬ 
sichore. — Hence, Qi Until. Libet, prop¬ 
ter quosdam imperitiores, etiam crassi- 
ore, ut yocant, Musa dubitationem hujus 
utilitatis eximere, A. c. in a clearer,plain¬ 
er manner, without too much refinement. 
Varr. Sine musa, A. e. without genius, 
wit, taste, learning. -IT Also, a saner 
or poem. Horat. proeax. Id. pedestris, 
h.e. a low style of poetry bordering upon 
prose, or it may mean, prose. -% Mu¬ 
sa;, learning, study. Cic. agrestiores. Id 
niansuetiores, A. c. philosophy. 
MuSiEUM. See Museum. 
MOSAICS, i, m. a poet in the time of Orp'ie 
us. Virg. 
MuSXGETeS (Moverayerris), x, m. lead- 
3 er of the Muses, an epithet of Apollo and 
Hercules. Eumen. 
MOSCX (from pvieiea, dimin. of pvTa), ts, 
f. a fly, pvia. Varr. and Cic _Hence, 
of inquisitive persons who pry into 
every tiling. Plaut. Musca est pater 
mens.—Also, of persons troublesome 
and disagreeable like flies. Catull. Neu 
conarere telis ini icere, musca. 
MuSCaRIUM, ii, n. See Muscarius, a, 
um. 
MuSCaRIOS (musca), a, um, adj. relating 
to flies. Plin. araneus, A. c. that catches 
flies. — Hence, Muscarium, a fly-flap, a 
flap t.o drive away flies with, o 60 y, which 
was also used as a brush. Martial. 
Either peacocks’ feathers were used for 
it, Martial. 14, 67, or the tail of an ox, or 
ahorse. Martial. 14, 71. Hence, Ferret. 
Muscarium, a horse’s tail _Also, ?Ae 
top tuft or head of certain plants, as, of 
fennel. Plin. -II Vitruv. clavus, A. c. 
having a broad head. 
MuSCitRDX (perhaps from pv$ & eSpa ), 
re, f. mouse-dung, pvoxbSov. Plin. 
MuSCIDuS (muscus), a, um, adj. covered 
3 with muss, mossy. Sidon. 
MOSCrPCLX, a;, f. and MOSCrPOLUM, 
3 (mus & capio), i, n. ameuse-trap, pvorpo- 
vov. Varr. and Phcedr. 
MuSCBSOS (muscus), a, um, adj. full of 
1 moss, mossy, covered or overgrown with 
moss, ffpvdiSris- Virg. Muscosi fontes. 
Varr. prata. Cic. Mtiscosius. 
MuSCOLA (dimin. of musca), ie, f. a 
3 small fly. Augustin. 
MuSCuLoSOS (musculus), a, um, adj. 
2 full of muscles, musculous, brawny, fleshy, 
pvoidris. Cels. 
MuSCOLOS (dimin. of mus), i, m. a little 
mouse, pvdiv. Cic .—Hence, from its 
resemblance, a muscle of the body. Cels. 
— Figur. Plin. Ep. Orationem ossa, mus- 
culi, nervi decent.-IT Also, a war¬ 
like machine, a shed or mantelet, under 
which the besiegers stood when at work. 
C(Es. -II Plin. 11, 62. Musculus ma- 
rinus, or, simply, Id. Musculus, A. e. « 
species of whale. -U Also, a sca-onus- 
cle, a kind of shell-fish. Cels. 
M0SC0S (p 6 c X os), i, m. moss, Spvav. 
