muricatus

Latin

Etymology

From mūrex.

Pronunciation

Adjective

mūricātus (feminine mūricāta, neuter mūricātum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. having a pointed shape of a purple-fish
  2. purple coloured
  3. fearful, timid; as though walking across caltrops
  4. rough with short, hard points; muricate

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative mūricātus mūricāta mūricātum mūricātī mūricātae mūricāta
genitive mūricātī mūricātae mūricātī mūricātōrum mūricātārum mūricātōrum
dative mūricātō mūricātae mūricātō mūricātīs
accusative mūricātum mūricātam mūricātum mūricātōs mūricātās mūricāta
ablative mūricātō mūricātā mūricātō mūricātīs
vocative mūricāte mūricāta mūricātum mūricātī mūricātae mūricāta

Descendants

  • → Catalan: muricat (learned)
  • → English: muricate

References

  • “muricatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • muricatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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