muricatus
mūrĭcātus, a, um, adj. [murex], shaped like a purple-fish, pointed.
- I Lit.: folia spinosa, muricatis cacuminibus, Plin. 20, 23, 99, § 262.—
- II Transf. (acc. to murex, II. B. 3.), fearful, timid, as if walking over caltrops: gressus, Fulg. Myth. 1.
mūricātus, a, um (murex), I) purpurschneckenförmig, spitz, Plin. 20, 262. – II) rauh, Fulg. myth. 1. p. 8 M. (Helm p. 6, 1 hat mauricatus).
mūrĭcātus, a, um (murex), hérissé de pointes, comme le murex : Plin. 20, 262 || [fig.] craintif, qui marche comme sur des pointes : Fulg. Myth. 1.