Murena

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Μουρρήνας, -α, ὁ.

Murena: (old form Muraena), ae, f., = μύραινα.
I The murena, a fish of which the ancients were very fond, Plin. 9, 55, 81, § 171: muraenam exdorsua, Plaut. Aul. 2, 9, 2; id. Pers. 1, 3, 30; Juv. 5, 99.—
II Transf., a black stripe in the shape of this fish, a black vein in the table-tops of citron-wood, Plin. 13, 15, 30, § 98.
Murena: ae, f. (ante-class form Muraena, but without class. authority),
I a Roman surname in the gens Licinia, Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 10; Col. 8, 16.—So,
   1    L. Licinius Murena, who was defended by Cicero, in an oration still extant, against the charge of ambitus, Cic. Mur. 7, 15, etc.—
   2    A. Terentus Varro Murena, an intimate friend of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 16, 12, 6; 13, 22, 1.—
   3    L. Licinius Varro Murena, brother-in-law of Mæcenas, Hor. S. 1, 5, 38.—Hence, Mū-renĭānus (Mūraen-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Murænd, Murænian: oratio, i. e. that pronounced by Cicero on behalf of L. Licinius Murena, Mart. Cap. 5, 172, § 525.