murra
ἄμπελον κόπτοντες τὴν περὶ τὸ ἱερὸν ἐσέβαλλον καὶ λίθους — → cutting down the vines 'round the sanctuary, they threw in rocks as well
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.
