murra

Latin > English

murra murrae N F :: myrrh (aromatic gum/ointment); tree source of myrrh (Commiphora schimperi)
murra murra murrae N F :: fluorspar; agate?; highly prized mineral used for making vases

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

murra: (less correctly myrrha, murrha, v. Bramb. Orthog. p. 107), ae, f., = μύρρα.
I Prop., the myrrh-tree, an Arabian tree, of which myrrh was the sap: murram in iisdem silvis permixtā arbore nasci tradidere aliqui, Plin. 12, 15, 33, § 66; Ov. M. 10, 310; 15, 399.—
II Meton.
   A Myrrh, the gum which exudes from the myrrh-tree. The ancients used it to flavor their wine; they also anointed their hair with a perfumed unguent made from it: lautissima apud priscos vina erant, murrae odore condita, Plin. 14, 13, 15, § 92: crines murrā madentes, Verg. A. 12, 100: crines murrā madidi, Ov. M. 5, 53; 3, 555; 4, 393; cf. id. Med. Fac. 88.—
   B Personified, the daughter of Cinyras, who was changed into a myrrh-tree, Ov. M. 10, 298 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 58.
murra: (less correctly murrha, myrrha), ae, f., = μύρρα.
I A stone of which costly vessels (v. murrinus and murreus) were made: maculosae pocula murrae, Mart. 10, 80, 1; hence, poet. transf., vessels of murra, murrine vases, id. 4, 86.—
II The myrrh-tree and myrrh, v. myrrha. —
III Murra, the name of a horse, perh. of a spotted one, Inscr. Grut. 341.
murra: ae, and murris, ĭdis, f., = μύρρα and μνρρίς,
I a plant, called also smyrrhiza, sweet - cicely, Plin. 24, 16, 97, § 154.

Latin > German (Georges)

(1) murra¹ (murrha od. myrrha), ae, f. (μύῤῥα), I) der Myrrhenbaum, eine in Arabien wachsende Balsamstaude, deren Stengel man von unten bis oben aufritzte, um den darunter hervorfließenden Saft zu gewinnen, Plin. 12, 66 sqq. Solin. 33, 9 (wo myrrha). – meton. = der aus dem Myrrhenbaume träufelnde balsamische Saft, die Myrrhe, womit man bei den Alten die Weine schmackhafter machte, Plin. 14, 92, und die Haare salbte, crines murrā madentes, Verg. Aen. 12, 100, od. madidi murrā capilli, Ov. met. 8, 53. – auch übh. als Schönheitsmittel, Ov. medic. fac. 88. – II) die auch murris (myrris, myrrhis) u. myrrhiza genannte Pflanze, wohlriechender Kerbel (Scandix odorata, L.), Plin. 24, 154.
(2) murra² (myrrha, murrha), ae, f., I) ein Mineral, und zwar (nach den neuesten Untersuchungen) der Flußspat, woraus (und zwar bes. aus den seltenen großen Stücken) kostbare Gefäße verfertigt wurden, maculosae pocula murrae, Mart. 10, 80, 1. Vgl. übh. Blümner Techn. der Griechen u. Römer. Bd. 3. S. 276. – II) meton., das Murragefäß, nos bibimus vitro, tu murrā, Mart. 4, 85, 1: murras graves crystallaque portat, Stat. silv. 3, 4, 58.