murrhine
Americanadjective
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of murrhine
1570–80; < Latin murr ( h ) inus, for Greek mourrínē, equivalent to mórr ( ia ) murra + -inē feminine noun suffix; see -ine 1
Example Sentences
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"He dropped a murrhine vase," was the answer.
From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by William Stearns Davis
Another had a pair of those odorous murrhine vases, which Pompey had found in Armenia, and which on their first appearance set Rome wild; he, too, was invited to die.
From Imperial Purple by Edgar Saltus
Nero paid three hundred talents for a murrhine vase.
From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Wilhelm Roscher
In the light of heaven he was also of a black colour, but he said that he was not of a black, but of a murrhine colour.
From Earths In Our Solar System Which Are Called Planets, and Earths In The Starry Heaven Their Inhabitants, And The Spirits And Angels There by Emanuel Swedenborg
F. Corsi, the eminent Italian antiquary, held that fluor-spar was the material of the famous murrhine vases.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
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