Lewis & Short

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1. murra (less correctly myrrha, murrha, v. Bramb. Orthog. p. 107), ae, f., = μύρρα.

  1. I. Prop., the myrrh-tree, an Arabian tree, of which myrrh was the sap: murram in iisdem silvis permixtā arbore nasci tradidere aliqui, Plin. 12, 15, 33, § 66; Ov. M. 10, 310; 15, 399.
  2. II. Meton.
    1. A. Myrrh, the gum which exudes from the myrrh-tree. The ancients used it to flavor their wine; they also anointed their hair with a perfumed unguent made from it: lautissima apud priscos vina erant, murrae odore condita, Plin. 14, 13, 15, § 92: crines murrā madentes, Verg. A. 12, 100: crines murrā madidi, Ov. M. 5, 53; 3, 555; 4, 393; cf. id. Med. Fac. 88.
    2. B. Personified, the daughter of Cinyras, who was changed into a myrrh-tree, Ov. M. 10, 298 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 58.

3. murra (less correctly murrha, myrrha), ae, f., = μύρρα.

  1. I. A stone of which costly vessels (v. murrinus and murreus) were made: maculosae pocula murrae, Mart. 10, 80, 1; hence, poet. transf., vessels of murra, murrine vases, id. 4, 86.
  2. II. The myrrh-tree and myrrh, v. myrrha.
  3. III. Murra, the name of a horse, perh. of a spotted one, Inscr. Grut. 341.

myrrha, v. 1. murra.‡ † myrrha-, etc., v. murra-, etc.