murinus
ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγω → however, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mūrīnus: a, um, adj. mus,
I of mice, mouse- (ante-class. and post-Aug.): murinus color, mouse-color, Varr. ap. Non. 8, 2; Col. 6, 37, 6; Pall. 4, 13, 4: equus, Varr. Sat. Men. 63, 13: sanguis, Plin. 30, 9, 23, § 81: fimus, id. 29, 6, 34, § 106: pellis, id. 29, 6, 36, § 113: pelles, the skins of martens, ermines, etc., Just. 2, 2, 9: hordeum, a kind of wild barley, Plin. 22, 25, 65, § 135.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mūrīnus, a, um (mus), de rat, de souris : Plin. 30, 81 || gris souris [couleur] : Varro Men. 358 ; Col. Rust. 6, 37, 6.
Latin > German (Georges)
mūrīnus, a, um (mus), von Mäusen, Mäuse-, I) im allg.: sanguis, Plin.: fimus, Plin.: pellis m., Mäusefell, Plin., pelles murinae, Marder-, Hermelin- u. ähnliche Felle, Iustin.: hordeum, Mäusegerste, Taubgerste, Katzenkorn (eine Art wilde Gerste), Plin.: auricula, Mäuseöhrchen, eine Pflanze, Scrib. Larg. – II) insbes., dem Aussehen nach, mausgrau (eselsgrau), mausfahl, color, Colum. 6, 37, 6. Pallad. 4, 13, 4: equus, Varro sat. Men. 358.
Latin > English
murinus murina, murinum ADJ :: grey-mouse-coloured
