[ˈmuː.rʊs], [ˈmuː.rus]
OriginFrom Proto-Italic *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to fix, to build fortifications or fences”), see also Latin mūnīre (“to protect”), Old Norse -mæri (“border-land, boundary”), Old English mære (“landmark, border, boundary”). See also Sanskrit मुर् (múr, “wall”), Sanskrit मुर (mura, “surrounding, encircling, enclosing”).
- declension-2wall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
“Dīvidimus mūrōs et moenia pandimus urbis.” — “We breach the walls and lay open the defenses of the city.”
Formsmūrus(canonical, masculine) · mūrī(genitive) · mūrus(nominative, singular) · mūrī(nominative, plural) · mūrī(genitive, singular) · mūrōrum(genitive, plural) · mūrō(dative, singular) · mūrīs(dative, plural) · mūrum(accusative, singular) · mūrōs(accusative, plural) · mūrō(ablative, singular) · mūrīs(ablative, plural) · mūre(singular, vocative) · mūrī(plural, vocative)