morion

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɒɹɪən/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle French morion, from, Spanish morrión, from morra (“upper part of the head”), from morro (“muzzle, snout”), from Vulgar Latin *murrum (“muzzle, snout”). Related to moraine (“an amassment of rocks on a glacier”). ==== Noun ==== morion (plural morions) (historical) A kind of open brimmed helmet used by footsoldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, having no visor or bevor. [from 16th c.] ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From French morion, from Late Latin mōrion, a misreading in some manuscripts for Latin mormoriōn. ==== Noun ==== morion (plural morions) (mineralogy) A brown or black variety of quartz. [from 18th c.] === Anagrams === Moroni, room in == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Spanish morrión, from morra (“upper part of the head”), from morro (“muzzle, snout”), from Vulgar Latin *murrum (“muzzle, snout”). Related to moraine (“an amassment of rocks on a glacier”) and morailles (“barnacle, twitch”). ==== Noun ==== morion m (plural morions) morion, a kind of helmet === Etymology 2 === From Latin mormoriōn (“a black variety of quartz”), misread in some manuscripts as mōrion (“nightshade”). ==== Noun ==== morion m (plural morions) morion, a kind of black quartz === Further reading === “morion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmoː.ri.ɔn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɔː.ri.on] === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Ancient Greek μώριον (mṓrion) or μοίριον (moírion) (Hesychios). ==== Noun ==== mōrion n (genitive mōriī); second declension denoting some kinds of nightshades ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type). === Etymology 2 === A misreading from mormorion, ultimately from unknown origin. ==== Noun ==== mōrion n (genitive mōriī); second declension a kind of dark brown rock crystal === References === “morion”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “morion”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Middle French == === Noun === morion m (plural morions) morion == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French morion. === Noun === morion n (plural morioane) morion ==== Declension ====