merula

mĕrŭla, ae, f. (post-class. collat. form mĕrŭlus, i, m., Auct. Carm. Philom. 13), a blackbird, ousel, merle.

• I Lit.: evolare merulas, Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42: ut merula, quia sola volat, quasi mera volans nominaretur, Quint. 1, 6, 38; cf. Plin. 10, 29, 42, § 80; 10, 30, 45, § 87; 10, 53, 74, § 147.—
• II Transf.
• • A A fish, the sea-carp: merulae virentes, Ov. Hal. 114; cf. Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 149.—
  • B A kind of hydraulic machine that produced a sound like the note of the blackbird, Vitr. 10, 12.

1. merula, ae, f., I) die Amsel, Varro LL. 5, 76 u. 9, 55. Cic. de fin. 5, 42. Plin. 10, 72 u. 80. Plin. ep. 4, 2, 3. Hor. de art. poët. 458. Isid. orig. 12, 7, 69: merulae albae, als Seltenheit, Varro r. r. 3, 9, 17. – Nbf. merulus, ī, m., Anthol. Lat. 762, 13 R. = 233, 13 M. Gloss. II, 229, 19; verworfen von Varro LL. 9, 55. Charis. 57, 16 u. Beda de orthogr. 280, 5 K. – II) übtr.: 1) ein Fisch, die Meeramsel, Enn. fr. var. 42 (bei Apul. apol. 39. p. 48 Kr.). Ov. hal. 114. Plin. 9, 52 u. 32, 149: Nbf. meruli nigri, Isid. orig. 12, 6, 5. – 2) eine Art hydraulischer Maschinen, die den Ton einer Amsel von sich geben, die Amsel, Vitr. 10, 7, 4.

merula, ~us [CL] 1 dark-coloured bird: a blackbird, merle, osel (Turdus merula). b throstle-cock, thrush (Turdus musicus). c merlin, falcon (Falco aesalon or lithofalco). d (her.) martlet. a ~i zinzitant Aldh. PR 131; ~a, oslae GlC M 165; 11‥ ~a, hosle WW Sup. 173; hic canit omnis avis, dum ventilat aura suavis:/ pica loquax, murule, turdi, turtur, philomele Greg. Eli. Æthelwold 6. 10; volucres ‥ habent proprias voces. est ‥ proprietas ‥ ~orum zinziare Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 78; fritamentum, vox ~e Ib. 245; merum ‥ inde ‥ hic ~us, -i, eo quod mere cantet Ib. 356; succinit hinc merulus, concentu curia gaudet Neckam DS II 903; in specie merule sanctum stimulaverat hostis Garl. Tri. Eccl. 10; hec marula, est avis habens nigrum rostrum WW; a nosylle, quedam avis, ~us, ~a CathA.  b 799 quid ~a nostra, volitans inter illos gallo demandasset monastico qui excitare solet fratres ad vigilias matutinas? Alcuin Ep. 181; ~a, þrostle Ælf. Gram. 307; Gir. TH I 18 (v. martineta); nigra parvaque avis, que vulgo ~a vocatur, circa faciem ejus volitare cepit Id. GE II 10 p. 213; nuncius aurore merulam comitatur alauda Nig. SS 513; hic cum aviculam quamdam quam ~am dicunt, vocis modulamine suavi, ‥ R. Bocking Ric. Cic. II 2. 311F; ~a, A. a throstel, thyrstyllecok WW; hic ~us, A. a thyrstyllecok WW.  c falcones vero ‥ ~i quoque minuti et estivales hobeli Gir. TH I 12 p. 37; hic ~us. A. marlyon WW; 1461 de j albo merilo albe firme de Q. ExchScot 90; 1466 de ij albis ~is albe firme terre de Q. Ib. 409; a merlion, alietus, ~us CathA.  d aves ipse, scilicet ~i, debent depingi sine pedibus Bad. Aur. 122; quia spoliatus antea fuerat per Danos assumpsit quinque ~os aureos portans eos sine pedibus: quia vocabatur ipse Edwardus sine terra, quare portavit dictos ~os sine pedibus Upton 129. 2 dark-coloured fish or mollusc: a whiting, merling (Gadus merlangus). b small lamprey, lampron. c slug, snail. a a whyting, fish, ~a Levins Manip. 136.  b hec ~a, A. lamprone WW.  c ~a, limacia idem Alph. 113; lunacia, respice in ~a Ib. 104. 3 fish soup. ~a, G. pure de peyz Teaching Latin I 320; ~a, G. puray, A. broth Ib. 321.

1 mĕrŭla, (14) æ, f. , merle [oiseau] : Varro L. 5, 76 ; Cic. Fin. 5, 42 || poisson de mer inconnu : Plin. 9, 52 ; Ov. Hal. 114 || merle [machine hydraulique] : Vitr. Arch. 10, 12.

merula , ae. f.
白舌鳥。魚名。水箏。

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merula ae, f

• a blackbird, ousel, merle, C., H. —A sea-carp, O.