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noun greek

murra

gen. murrae · gender feminine · decl. 1st
(less correctly , ), , , = μύρρα.
A stone of which costly vessels; were made; vessels of murra, murrine vases poetic •
A stone of which costly vessels (v. murrinus and murreus) were made: maculosae pocula murrae, Mart. 10, 80, 1; hence, poet. transf., vessels of murra, murrine vases, id. 4, 86.—
The myrrh-tree; myrrh
The myrrh-tree and myrrh, v. myrrha. —
the name of a horse
Murra, the name of a horse, perh. of a spotted one, Inscr. Grut. 341.
Perseus ID: n30063 Key: murra3