murinus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /muːˈriː.nus/, [muːˈriːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /muˈri.nus/, [muˈriːnus]

Adjective

mūrīnus (feminine mūrīna, neuter mūrīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) mouse or rat; murine
2. mousy
3. grey (in colour similar to a mouse)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mūrīnus	mūrīna	mūrīnum		mūrīnī	mūrīnae	mūrīna
Genitive	mūrīnī	mūrīnae	mūrīnī		mūrīnōrum	mūrīnārum	mūrīnōrum
Dative	mūrīnō		mūrīnō		mūrīnīs
Accusative	mūrīnum	mūrīnam	mūrīnum		mūrīnōs	mūrīnās	mūrīna
Ablative	mūrīnō	mūrīnā	mūrīnō		mūrīnīs
Vocative	mūrīne	mūrīna	mūrīnum		mūrīnī	mūrīnae	mūrīna

Related terms

• mus

Descendants

• → Italian: murino (learned)

References

• “murinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• murinus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• murinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.