murus

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 aëneus esto, H.