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murex: all forms

murex means “purple fish, shellfish which gave Tyrian dye; purple dye; purple cloth”. Below is its full declension in Latin.

Forms

Forms, singular
Masculine
Nominativemurex
Genitivemuricis
Dativemurici
Accusativemuricem
Ablativemurice
Vocativemurex
Locativemurice
Forms, plural
Masculine
Nominativemurices
Genitivemuricum · muricium
Dativemuricibus
Accusativemurices
Ablativemuricibus
Vocativemurices
Locativemuricibus

Meaning and examples of murex

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.