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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>mĕrŭla</b>: ae, f. ([[post]]-[[class]]. collat. form mĕrŭlus, i, m., Auct. Carm. Philom. 13),<br /><b>I</b> a [[blackbird]], [[ousel]], merle.<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: evolare merulas, Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42: ut [[merula]], [[quia]] sola volat, [[quasi]] mera [[volans]] nominaretur, Quint. 1, 6, 38; cf. Plin. 10, 29, 42, § 80; 10, 30, 45, § 87; 10, 53, 74, § 147.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[fish]], the [[sea]]-[[carp]]: merulae virentes, Ov. Hal. 114; cf. Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 149.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[kind]] of hydraulic [[machine]] [[that]] produced a [[sound]] [[like]] the [[note]] of the [[blackbird]], Vitr. 10, 12.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>mĕrŭla</b>,¹⁴ æ, f., merle [oiseau] : [[Varro]] L. 5, 76 ; Cic. Fin. 5, 42 &#124;&#124; poisson de mer inconnu : Plin. 9, 52 ; Ov. Hal. 114 &#124;&#124; merle [machine hydraulique] : Vitr. Arch. 10, 12.||poisson de mer inconnu : Plin. 9, 52 ; Ov. Hal. 114||merle [machine hydraulique] : Vitr. Arch. 10, 12.
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{{Georges
|georg=(1) [[merula]]<sup>1</sup>, ae, f., I) die [[Amsel]], [[Varro]] LL. 5, 76 u. 9, 55. Cic. de fin. 5, 42. Plin. 10, 72 u. 80. Plin. ep. 4, 2, 3. Hor. de art. poët. 458. Isid. orig. 12, 7, 69: merulae albae, [[als]] [[Seltenheit]], [[Varro]] r. r. 3, 9, 17. – Nbf. [[merulus]], ī, m., Anthol. Lat. 762, 13 R. = 233, 13 M. Gloss. II, 229, 19; [[verworfen]] [[von]] [[Varro]] LL. 9, 55. [[Charis]]. 57, 16 u. Beda de orthogr. 280, 5 K. – II) übtr.: 1) [[ein]] [[Fisch]], die Meeramsel, Enn. fr. var. 42 ([[bei]] Apul. apol. 39. p. 48 Kr.). Ov. hal. 114. Plin. 9, 52 u. 32, 149: Nbf. meruli nigri, Isid. orig. 12, 6, 5. – 2) eine [[Art]] hydraulischer Maschinen, die den [[Ton]] [[einer]] [[Amsel]] [[von]] [[sich]] [[geben]], die [[Amsel]], Vitr. 10, 7, 4.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=merula merulae N F :: blackbird; a dark-colored fish, the wrasse
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