I.of or belonging to a wall, wall-, mural (class.): “muralis herba,” the pellitory of the wall, parietary, Plin. 21, 30, 104, § 176: “pila,” used in fighting from walls, Caes. B. G. 5, 39: “tormentum,” for battering walls, Verg. A. 12, 921: “fossa,” under the walls, Sil. 8, 555: “falces,” hooks for pulling down walls, Caes. B. G. 3, 14: corona, a mural crown, given as a reward to him who first scaled the enemy's walls, Liv. 23, 18; also, “corona,” the crown on the head of Cybele, adorned with walls and towers, Lucr. 2, 606.
mūrālis , e, adj. murus,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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