murinus

Latin

Etymology

From mūs (“mouse or rat”) +‎ -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [muːˈriː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [muˈriː.nus]

Adjective

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

1. (relational) mouse or rat; murine
2. mousy
3. (livestock color) gray

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mūrīnus	mūrīna	mūrīnum		mūrīnī	mūrīnae	mūrīna
genitive	mūrīnī	mūrīnae	mūrīnī		mūrīnōrum	mūrīnārum	mūrīnōrum
dative	mūrīnō	mūrīnae	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

• Sardinian: mùrinu, murru
• → English: murine (learned)
• → Italian: murino (learned)
• → Translingual: Murina

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)

albus, candidus, cānus, marmoreus (poetic), eburneus (poetic), niveus (poetic), argenteus (poetic), lacteus (poetic)	rāvus, pullus, mūrīnus (of livestock)	niger, āter, furvus, fuscus ("swarthy"), piceus (poetic)
ruber, russus, rūbidus (dark), flammeus (poetic); rutilus, pūniceus, spādīx (poetic), sanguineus (poetic)	rūfus, rutilus, rōbus (of oxen), croceus (poetic), aureus (poetic); fulvus (poetic), niger (of eyes), badius (of horses)	lūteus, flāvus ("blond"), lūridus, gilvus (of horses), helvus (of cattle); cēreus (poetic)
viridis, flāvus (poetic)	viridis, herbeus (of eyes), fulvus (poetic)	viridis, glaucus (poetic), caeruleus (poetic, only dark)
	glaucus (poetic), caeruleus, caesius (of eyes)	caeruleus, līvidus, ferrūgineus (poetic), glaucus (poetic)
violāceus	purpureus (underlying shade)	roseus

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.