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mŭrĭa, ae (collat. form mŭrĭes, ēi. v infra), f. [ἁλμυοίς], salt liquor, brine, pickle: oleae conduntur vel virides in muriā, Cato, R. R. 7; cf.: oleae ex muriā durā, Cels. 4, 9: dura, id. 4, 15: ut melius muriā, quam testa marina remittat, Hor. S. 2, 8, 53.
Form muries, Cato, R. R. 88, 2; Paul. ex Fest. p. 158 sq. Müll.; Fab. Pict. ap. Non. 223, 17.
mŭrĭātĭcus, a, um, adj. [muria], pickled or lying in brine; perh. only as subst.: mŭrĭātĭcum, i, n., a pickled fish (Plautinian), Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 32: (coqua) scit, muriatica ut maceret, id. ib. 1, 2, 38.
mūrĭcātim, adv. [murex], in the shape of a purple-fish (post-Aug.): vertice muricatim intorto, Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 162.
mūrĭcātus, a, um, adj. [murex], shaped like a purple-fish, pointed.
mūrĭcĕus, a, um, adj. [murex], like a purple-fish, pointed, full of points, rough (post-class.): lacunae, Aus. Ep. 9, 4.
mūrĭcīdus (murric-), i, m. [perh. mus-caedo, mouse-killer], a coward, poltroon, as a term of abuse: vae tibi muricide homo, Plaut. Ep. 3, 1, 12; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 125 Müll.
mūrĭcŭlus, i, m. dim. [murex], a small purple-fish (ante-class.), Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299, 11 (Heduph. v. 11 Vahl. p. 167).
mūrĭcus, i, m. [mus], a mouser: poëta non musicus, sed muricus, Ven. Fort. praef. Lib. 1, p. 31 Brower.
mŭrĭes, ēi, v. muria.
mūrĭ-lĕgŭlus, i, m. [murex-legulus], one who gathers or fishes for the purple-fish (post-class.), Cod. Th. 10, 20, 5; 14 sqq.; Cod. Just. 11, 7, 11.
mūrīnus, a, um, adj. [mus], of mice, mouse- (ante-class. and post-Aug.): murinus color, mouse-color, Varr. ap. Non. 8, 2; Col. 6, 37, 6; Pall. 4, 13, 4: equus, Varr. Sat. Men. 63, 13: sanguis, Plin. 30, 9, 23, § 81: fimus, id. 29, 6, 34, § 106: pellis, id. 29, 6, 36, § 113: pelles, the skins of martens, ermines, etc., Just. 2, 2, 9: hordeum, a kind of wild barley, Plin. 22, 25, 65, § 135.