morion

English

Spanish conqueror morion

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɒɹɪən/

Etymology 1

From Middle French morion, from, Spanish morrión, from morra (upper part of the head), from morro (muzzle, snout), from Vulgar Latin *murrum (muzzle, snout). Related to moraine (an amassment of rocks on a glacier).

Noun

morion (plural morions)

  1. (historical) A kind of open brimmed helmet used by footsoldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, having no visor or bever. [from 16th c.]
    • 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, chapter 9, in The Essayes, [], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount [], OCLC 946730821:
      The Roman footmen caried not their morions, sword and target only, as for other armes (saith Cicero) they were so accustomed to weare them continually, that they hindered them no more than their limbs [].
    • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, p.12:
      The morion is a kind of open helmet, without visor or bever, somewhat resembling a hat; it was commonly worn by the harqubussiers and musqueteers.
Translations
Smoky quartz/morion

Etymology 2

From French morion, from Late Latin mōrion, a misreading in some manuscripts for Latin mormoriōn.

Noun

morion (plural morions)

  1. (mineralogy) A brown or black variety of quartz. [from 18th c.]

Anagrams


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔʁjɔ̃/

Etymology 1

From Spanish morrión, from morra (upper part of the head), from morro (muzzle, snout), from Vulgar Latin *murrum (muzzle, snout). Related to moraine (an amassment of rocks on a glacier) and morailles (barnacle, twitch).

Noun

morion m (plural morions)

  1. morion, a kind of helmet.

Etymology 2

From Latin mormoriōn (a black variety of quartz), misread in some manuscripts as mōrion (nightshade).

Noun

morion m (plural morions)

  1. morion, a kind of black quartz

Further reading


Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μώριον (mṓrion) or μοίριον (moírion) (Hesychios).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmoː.ri.on/, [ˈmoː.ri.ɔn]

Noun

mōrion n (genitive mōriī); second declension

  1. denoting some kinds of nightshades

Inflection

Second declension, Greek type.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mōrion mōria
Genitive mōriī mōriōrum
Dative mōriō mōriīs
Accusative mōrion mōria
Ablative mōriō mōriīs
Vocative mōrion mōria

References

  • morion in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • morion in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Middle French

Noun

morion m (plural morions)

  1. morion
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