- μόρρια
- μόρριαGrammatical information: n. pl.Meaning: name of an oriental mineral, used for cups and vases; vases made of it, "murravases" (Paus.).Other forms: μούρρινα (Arr.); also μο(υ)ρρίνη f. sg. (Peripl. M. Rubr.)Derivatives: μούρρινα (Arr.); also μο(υ)ρρίνη f. sg. (Peripl. M. Rubr.)Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Iran.Etymology: Prob. of Iran. origin, cf. NPers. mori, muri `glass-balls'; Lat. LW [loanword] murra, vāsa murrina (from where μούρρινα, -ίνη?). Details w. lit. in W.-Hofmann s. 2. murra; also Kretschmer Glotta 1, 337.Page in Frisk: 2,256
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.