Murena: Difference between revisions

|lshtext=<b>Murena</b>: (old form [[Muraena]]), ae, f., = [[μύραινα]]>.<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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.<br /><b>Murena</b>: ae, f. ([[ante]]-[[class]] form [[Muraena]], [[but]] [[without]] [[class]]. [[authority]]),<br /><b>I</b> a Roman [[surname]] in the [[gens]] [[Licinia]], Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 10; Col. 8, 16.—So,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; L. [[Licinius]] [[Murena]], [[who]] [[was]] defended by [[Cicero]], in an [[oration]] [[still]] [[extant]], [[against]] the [[charge]] of [[ambitus]], Cic. Mur. 7, 15, etc.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A. [[Terentus]] [[Varro]] [[Murena]], an [[intimate]] [[friend]] of [[Cicero]], Cic. Fam. 16, 12, 6; 13, 22, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.