morion
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle French morion, from, Spanish morrión, from morra (“upper part of the head”), from morro (“muzzle, snout”), from Vulgar Latin *murrum (“muzzle, snout”). Related to moraine (“an amassment of rocks on a glacier”).
Noun edit
morion (plural morions)
- (historical) A kind of open brimmed helmet used by footsoldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, having no visor or bevor. [from 16th c.]
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 9, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- The Roman footmen caried not their morions, sword and target only, as for other armes (saith Cicero) they were so accustomed to weare them continually, that they hindered them no more than their limbs […].
- 1755, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Tobias Smollett, Don Quixote, Volume 1, I.1:
- This unlucky defect, however, his industry supplied by a vizor, which he made of paste-board, and fixed so artificially to the morrion, that it looked like an intire helmet.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 12:
- The morion is a kind of open helmet, without visor or bever, somewhat resembling a hat; it was commonly worn by the harqubussiers and musqueteers.
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Etymology 2 edit
From French morion, from Late Latin mōrion, a misreading in some manuscripts for Latin mormoriōn.
Noun edit
morion (plural morions)
- (mineralogy) A brown or black variety of quartz. [from 18th c.]
Anagrams edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Spanish morrión, from morra (“upper part of the head”), from morro (“muzzle, snout”), from Vulgar Latin *murrum (“muzzle, snout”). Related to moraine (“an amassment of rocks on a glacier”) and morailles (“barnacle, twitch”).
Noun edit
morion m (plural morions)
Etymology 2 edit
From Latin mormoriōn (“a black variety of quartz”), misread in some manuscripts as mōrion (“nightshade”).
Noun edit
morion m (plural morions)
Further reading edit
- “morion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmoː.ri.on/, [ˈmoːriɔn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.ri.on/, [ˈmɔːrion]
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μώριον (mṓrion) or μοίριον (moírion) (Hesychios).
Noun edit
mōrion n (genitive mōriī); second declension
- denoting some kinds of nightshades
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mōrion | mōria |
| Genitive | mōriī | mōriōrum |
| Dative | mōriō | mōriīs |
| Accusative | mōrion | mōria |
| Ablative | mōriō | mōriīs |
| Vocative | mōrion | mōria |
Etymology 2 edit
A misreading from mormorion, ultimately from unknown origin.
Noun edit
mōrion n (genitive mōriī); second declension
- a kind of dark brown rock crystal
References edit
- “morion”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- morion in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Middle French edit
Noun edit
morion m (plural morions)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
morion n (plural morioane)
Declension edit
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) morion | morionul | (niște) morioane | morioanele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) morion | morionului | (unor) morioane | morioanelor |
| vocative | morionule | morioanelor | ||