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murus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mu-rus
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A wall, in the context of Ancient Rome. "Ubi vero moveri et adpropinquare muris viderunt, nova atque inusitata specie commoti legatos ad Caesarem de pace miserunt,.." Julius Caesar, Bellum Gallicum II

noun

A pattern-forming ridge on the surface of a pollen grain.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *-ros Proto-Indo-European *moyros Proto-Italic *moiros Latin mūrusbor. English murus Borrowed from Latin mūrus (“wall”).

Inflected Forms

muri (plural)

Derived Forms

murate muroid

Synonyms

vallum

Questions

What does murus mean?
A wall, in the context of Ancient Rome. "Ubi vero moveri et adpropinquare muris viderunt, nova atque inusitata specie commoti legatos ad Caesarem de pace miserunt,.." Julius Caesar, Bellum Gallicum II
Where does murus come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *-ros Proto-Indo-European *moyros Proto-Italic *moiros Latin mūrusbor. English murus Borrowed from Latin mūrus (“wall”).

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