murenula

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

mūrēnŭla (mūraen-), ae, f. dim. [1. murena].

I A small murena (late Lat.): murenulam strictis manibus tenere, Hier. praef. in Job.—

II Transf., a small necklace resembling a murena : aurum colli sui, quod quidem murenulam vulgus vocat, Hier. Ep. 24, 3; id. in Isa. 2, 3, 18.