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Mamurra

Mamurra · m

a Roman knight of Formiæ

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Where it lives

Carmina 2 · 1.55/10k
Divus Julius 1 · 1.03/10k
Epigrammata 2 · 0.36/10k
Letters to Atticus 2 · 0.16/10k
Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

Māmurra — Lewis & Short

Māmurra, ae, m.,

I a Roman knight of Formiæ, praefectus fabrūm in Gaul under Cæsar, who was the first in Rome to cover the walls of his house on the Mons Cœlius with marble, and had none but marble columns in his house, Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48; cf. Cic. Att. 7, 7, 6; 13, 52, 1; Suet. Caes. 73; Cat. 29, 3: Mamurrarum urbs, i. e. Formiæ, Hor. S. 1, 5, 37.

In the wild

Mamurra Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 36.6.p3
Mamurram Catullus, Carmina lyrics.29.3
Mamurrae Catullus, Carmina lyrics.57.2
Mamurra Martial, Epigrammata 10.4.11
Mamurra Suetonius, Divus Julius 73.1
Mamurrae Cicero, Letters to Atticus 7.7.6

6 of 9 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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