Translingual

Murex brandaris

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Murex m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Muricidae – the murex gastropods once used to produce Tyrian purple.

See also

• See Murex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia for species

English

Wikispecies

Noun

murex ‎(plural murexes or murices)

1. Any of the genus Murex of marine gastropods.
   • 1991, John Montroll, Robert J. Lang, Origami Sea Life, page 56:

     The murexes (family Murieidae) are one of the most beautiful and sought-after families by shell collectors.

References

1. ↑ Rich, The Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary and Greek Lexicon: Forming a Glossary of All the Words Representing Visible Objects Connected with the Arts, Manufactures, and Every-day Life of the Greeks and Romans, with Representations of Nearly Two Thousand Objects from the Antique

French

Etymology

From Latin

Noun

murex m ‎(plural murex)

1. Murex

Anagrams

• rumex

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μυαχ ‎(muakh, “sea mussel”), from μῦς ‎(mûs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː.reks/

Noun

mūrex m ‎(genitive mūricis); third declension

1. A shellfish used as a source of the dye Tyrian purple; the purple-fish
2. The purple dye so produced.
3. A sharp murex shell used as a bridle bit.
4. A pointed rock or stone.
5. A caltrop.
6. An iron spike.

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• mūricātus
• mūriculus
• mūriculātus

Descendants

• English: muriciform, muricite, muricoid
• Italian: murice
• Spanish: múrice
• Translingual: Murex

References

• murex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• murex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• murex in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• murex in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin