different between mures vs murex

English

Noun

mures

1. plural of mure

Anagrams

• Esrum, Muser, Remus, Sumer, merus, murse, muser, resum, semur, serum

Danish

Noun

mures c

1. indefinite genitive plural of mur

French

Verb

mures

1. second-person singular present indicative of murer
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of murer

Adjective

mures

1. Alternative spelling of mûres

Anagrams

• meurs, muser, sérum, Sumer

Interlingua

Noun

mures

1. plural of mure

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?mu?.re?s/, [?mu??e?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mu.res/, [?mu???s]

Noun

m?r?s

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of m?s

References

• mures in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Verb

mures

1. second-person singular (tu) present subjunctive of murar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) negative imperative of murar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mu?es/, [?mu.?es]

Noun

mures m pl

1. plural of mur

Verb

mures

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of murar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of murar.

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (múax, “sea mussel”), from ??? (mûs).

Noun

murex (plural murexes or murices)

1. Any of the genus Murex of marine gastropods.
   • 1991, John Montroll, Robert J. Lang, Origami Sea Life, page 56:

     The murexes (family Muricidae) are one of the most beautiful and sought-after families by shell collectors.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• muxer, rumex

French

Etymology

From Latin

Noun

murex m (plural murex)

1. Murex

Further reading

• “murex” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• rumex

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (múax, “sea mussel”), from ??? (mûs) (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?mu?.reks/, [?mu???ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mu.reks/, [?mu???ks]

Noun

m?rex m (genitive m?ricis); third declension

1. A shellfish used as a source of the dye Tyrian purple; the purple-fish
2. The purple dye so produced.
3. A sharp murex shell used as a bridle bit.
4. A pointed rock or stone.
5. A caltrop.
6. An iron spike.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• m?ric?tus
• m?riculus
• m?ricul?tus

Descendants

• English: muriciform, muricite, muricoid
• Irish: maorach
• Catalan: múrex
• Italian: murice
• Portuguese: múrice
• Spanish: múrice
• Translingual: Murex

References

• 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
• murex in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin