murex

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin murex. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈmjʊɚ.ɛks/ === Noun === murex (plural murexes or murices) Any of the genus Murex of marine gastropods. ==== Hypernyms ==== muricine ==== Hyponyms ==== woodcock murex ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === muxer, rumex == French == === Etymology === From Latin. === Pronunciation === === Noun === murex m (invariable) Murex === Further reading === “murex”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === rumex == Latin == === Etymology === Uncertain. Perhaps a derivative of mūs (“mouse”), whence mūsculus (“a saltwater mussel”). Alternatively, together with Ancient Greek μύαξ (múax, “sea mussel”) borrowed from a Mediterranean substrate language. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmuː.rɛks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmuː.reks] === Noun === mūrex m (genitive mūricis); third declension A shellfish used as a source of the dye Tyrian purple; the purple-fish Tyrian purple, the purple dye, a purple color, made from the juice of the purple-fish A sharp murex shell used as a bridle bit. A pointed rock or stone. A caltrop. An iron spike. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== mūricātus mūriculus mūriculātus ==== Descendants ==== English: muriciform, muricite, muricoid Irish: maorach Catalan: múrex Italian: murice Portuguese: múrice Spanish: múrice Translingual: Murex === References === === Further reading === “murex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “murex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “murex”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers Rich, Anthony (1849), “murex”, in The Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary and Greek Lexicon‎[2], London: Longmans, page 435 “murex”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin