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morion

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Spanish conqueror morion

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Etymology 1

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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

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morion (plural morions)

  1. (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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Smoky quartz/morion

Etymology 2

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From French morion, from Late Latin mōrion, a misreading in some manuscripts for Latin mormoriōn.

Noun

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morion (plural morions)

  1. (mineralogy) A brown or black variety of quartz. [from 18th c.]

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French

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Etymology 1

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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

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morion m (plural morions)

  1. morion, a kind of helmet

Etymology 2

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From Latin mormoriōn (“a black variety of quartz”), misread in some manuscripts as mōrion (“nightshade”).

Noun

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morion m (plural morions)

  1. morion, a kind of black quartz

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek μώριον (mṓrion) or μοίριον (moírion) (Hesychios).

Noun

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mōrion n (genitive mōriī); second declension

  1. denoting some kinds of nightshades
Declension
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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

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A misreading from mormorion, ultimately from unknown origin.

Noun

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mōrion n (genitive mōriī); second declension

  1. a kind of dark brown rock crystal

References

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  • “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

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Noun

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morion m (plural morions)

  1. morion

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French morion.

Noun

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morion n (plural morioane)

  1. morion

Declension

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Declension of morion
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
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