mūrĭcātus
mūrĭcātus, a, um, adj. id., shaped like a purple-fish, pointed. Lit.: folia spinosa, muricatis cacuminibus, Plin. 20, 23, 99, § 262.— Transf. (acc. to murex, II. B. 3.), fearful, timid, as if walking over caltrops: gressus, Fulg. Myth. 1.
No short def.
Headword (normalized):
mūrĭcātus
Headword (normalized/stripped):
muricatus
Intro Text:
mūrĭcātus, a, um, adj. id., shaped like a purple-fish, pointed. Lit.: folia spinosa, muricatis cacuminibus, Plin. 20, 23, 99, § 262.— Transf. (acc. to murex, II. B. 3.), fearful, timid, as if walking over caltrops: gressus, Fulg. Myth. 1.
URN:
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