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murrhine

murrhine adjective: made of murra; applied to certain valuable vases of great beauty and delicacy used by the luxurious in Rome as wine cups. Also the alternative form of murrine.

Adjective

murrhine (not comparable)

  1. Made of murra; applied to certain valuable vases of great beauty and delicacy used by the luxurious in Rome as wine cups.
    • murrhine vases, cups, or vessels

Noun

murrhine (plural murrhines)

  1. murra

Also used as

murrhine is also the alternative form of murrine.

Forms of murrhine

pluralmurrhines

Origin of murrhine

From Latin murrhinus, from murrha. Compare French murrhin.

Questions about murrhine

What does murrhine mean?
Murrhine means made of murra; applied to certain valuable vases of great beauty and delicacy used by the luxurious in Rome as wine cups.
What part of speech is murrhine?
Murrhine can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near murrhine in the dictionary

  1. murres
  2. murrey
  3. murreys
  4. murrha
  5. murrhas
  6. murrhine
  7. murrhines
  8. murri
  9. Murri grapevine
  10. Murrica
  11. murrick

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