murran.

Brit.

/ˈmʌrə/, U.S.

/ˈmərə/

Forms: 1500s–1600s murrha, 1600s myrrha, 1700s– murra.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin murra, murrha.

Etymology: < classical Latin murra (in post-classical Latin also murrha, as in 16th-cent. editions of Tacitus: compare quot. 1598), probably of Asiatic origin; compare Hellenistic Greek μορρία or μόρρια . Compare earlier murrhine adj.Latin forms with -h- reflect confusion with classical Latin murra , murrha , myrrha myrrh n.¹; see also note s.v. murrhine adj. and n.

Roman History.

A substance (perhaps fluorspar) of which precious vases and other vessels were made. Cf. murrhine adj. and n.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [noun] > glass-like materials

specular stone1577

murra1598

talc1601

isinglass1750

mica1778

Muscovy glass1794

muscovite1850

Vitreosil1909

vitreous silica1925

windolite1927

1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales vi. vii. 131 Hauing taken vp a certaine waight of the stone Murrha [L. sublato murrae pondere].

1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 68 On cup of the pretious stone Myrrha [margin Or Murrha] [L. unum murrinum calicem].

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxxi. 206 (note) The fragile vessels of chrystal and murra, which last is almost proved..to mean the porcelain of China and Japan.

1891 M. J. Cawein Days & Dreams 157 Well: dead men work us mischief from the grave! Richer than all Castile and yet not dare Drink but from cups of Roman murra, spar Bowl-sprayed with fibrile gold.

1949 Oxf. Classical Dict. 583/1 The identification of this murra is still disputed, though opinion inclines to some variety of fluorspar or jade.

1976 B. F. Cook Greek & Roman Art Brit. Museum 168 It is recorded that the Emperor Nero once bought a cup made of murra for a million sesterces.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	murra
释义	murran. Brit. /ˈmʌrə/, U.S. /ˈmərə/ Forms: 1500s–1600s murrha, 1600s myrrha, 1700s– murra. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin murra, murrha. Etymology: < classical Latin murra (in post-classical Latin also murrha, as in 16th-cent. editions of Tacitus: compare quot. 1598), probably of Asiatic origin; compare Hellenistic Greek μορρία or μόρρια . Compare earlier murrhine adj.Latin forms with -h- reflect confusion with classical Latin murra , murrha , myrrha myrrh n.¹; see also note s.v. murrhine adj. and n. Roman History. A substance (perhaps fluorspar) of which precious vases and other vessels were made. Cf. murrhine adj. and n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [noun] > glass-like materials specular stone1577 murra1598 talc1601 isinglass1750 mica1778 Muscovy glass1794 muscovite1850 Vitreosil1909 vitreous silica1925 windolite1927 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales vi. vii. 131 Hauing taken vp a certaine waight of the stone Murrha [L. sublato murrae pondere]. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 68 On cup of the pretious stone Myrrha [margin Or Murrha] [L. unum murrinum calicem]. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxxi. 206 (note) The fragile vessels of chrystal and murra, which last is almost proved..to mean the porcelain of China and Japan. 1891 M. J. Cawein Days & Dreams 157 Well: dead men work us mischief from the grave! Richer than all Castile and yet not dare Drink but from cups of Roman murra, spar Bowl-sprayed with fibrile gold. 1949 Oxf. Classical Dict. 583/1 The identification of this murra is still disputed, though opinion inclines to some variety of fluorspar or jade. 1976 B. F. Cook Greek & Roman Art Brit. Museum 168 It is recorded that the Emperor Nero once bought a cup made of murra for a million sesterces. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598
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