English

Noun

murus ‎(plural muri)

1. wall
2. (palynology) A pattern-forming ridge on the surface of a pollen grain.

Synonyms

• vallum

Derived terms

• murate
• muroid

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‎(“to fix, to build fortifications or fences”), see also Latin mūnīre ‎(“to protect”), Old Norse -mæri ‎(“border-land, boundary”), Old English mære ‎(“landmark, border, boundary”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː.rus/

Noun

mūrus m ‎(genitive mūrī); second declension

1. a wall

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

• mūrātus
• Murus Dacicus (Dacian Wall)
• Murus Gallicus (Gallic Wall)
• Murus Romuli (Wall of Romulus)

Descendants

See also

• pariēs

References

• murus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• murus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• MURUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “murus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to throw oneself from the ramparts: se deicere de muro
    
  • to scale the walls by means of ladders: positis scalis muros ascendere
    
  • the battering-ram strikes the wall: aries murum attingit, percutit
    
  • to drive the defenders from the walls: murum nudare defensoribus
    
• murus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• murus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin