mūrus (old moerus), ī, m 2 MV-, a wall, city wall: murum arietibus feriri, S.: muri urbis: intra muros compelli, Cs.: muros struere, N.: ducere, V.: aedificare, O.: transilire muros, L.: in altitudinem pedum sedecim, earthwork, Cs.

—A wall (of a building): de muro imperavi, etc.

—A rim (of a dish): tenuis, Iu.

—Fig., a wall, protection, bulwark: (leges) muri tranquillitatis: Graiūm murus Achilles, O.: hic murus aeneus esto, H.