muricatus

Latin

Etymology

From mūrex.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /muː.riˈkaː.tus/, [muːrɪˈkäːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mu.riˈka.tus/, [muriˈkäːt̪us]

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

Related terms

• mūrex

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.