murenula

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mūrēnŭla: (mūraen-), ae, f.
dim. 1. murena.
I A small murena (late Lat.): murenulam strictis manibus tenere, Hier. praef. in Job.—
II Transf., a small necklace resembling a murena: aurum colli sui, quod quidem murenulam vulgus vocat, Hier. Ep. 24, 3; id. in Isa. 2, 3, 18.