adjective

mūrĭcātus

fem. mūrĭcāta · neut. mūrĭcātum

shaped like a purple-fish, pointed

shaped like a purple-fish, pointed.

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Lit.: folia spinosa, muricatis cacuminibus, Plin. 20, 23, 99, § 262.—

fearful, timid by extension •

Transf. (acc. to murex, II. B. 3.), fearful, timid, as if walking over caltrops: gressus, Fulg. Myth. 1.

Perseus ID: n30042 Key: muricatus