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murena

murena · f

The murena

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Where it lives

Pro L. Murena 43 · 40.75/10k
Griphus Ternarii numeri 1 · 9.35/10k
Ludus Septem Sapientum 1 · 7.58/10k
De Re Coquinaria 7 · 4.46/10k
Divus Claudius 1 · 3.37/10k
De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites 2 · 3/10k
De Clementia 2 · 2.4/10k
Divus Augustus 3 · 2.24/10k
Pro L. Flacco 2 · 1.83/10k
De Brevitate Vitae 1 · 1.62/10k
Aulularia 1 · 1.45/10k
Satyrarum libri 2 · 1.41/10k

Densest 12 of 37 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. Murena — Lewis & Short

Murena (old form Muraena), ae, f., = mu/raina.

I The murena, a fish of which the ancients were very fond, Plin. 9, 55, 81, § 171: muraenam exdorsua, Plaut. Aul. 2, 9, 2; id. Pers. 1, 3, 30; Juv. 5, 99.—

II Transf., a black stripe in the shape of this fish, a black vein in the table-tops of citron-wood, Plin. 13, 15, 30, § 98.

2. Murena — Lewis & Short

Murena, ae, f. (ante-class form Muraena, but without class. authority),

I a Roman surname in the gens Licinia, Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 10; Col. 8, 16.—So,

1 L. Licinius Murena, who was defended by Cicero, in an oration still extant, against the charge of ambitus, Cic. Mur. 7, 15, etc.—

2 A. Terentus Varro Murena, an intimate friend of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 16, 12, 6; 13, 22, 1.—

3 L. Licinius Varro Murena, brother-in-law of Mæcenas, Hor. S. 1, 5, 38.—Hence, Mū-renĭānus (Mūraen-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Murænd, Murænian: oratio, i. e. that pronounced by Cicero on behalf of L. Licinius Murena, Mart. Cap. 5, 172, § 525.

In the wild

murenae Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 9.55
Murena Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 35.14.p2
Murenae Cicero, Pro L. Murena 7
Murena Cicero, Pro L. Murena 73
murena Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 9.16.p3
Murena Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum index.p201

6 of 143 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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