Merula
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Merula may refer to:
[edit] People
[edit] Ancient Romans
Merula was a cognomen of the Gens Cornelia at Rome. It signifies an ouzel or blackbird.[1] The following Cornelii Merulae occur in history:
- Lucius Cornelius Merula, ancient Roman politician and general of the 2nd century BC
- Gnaeus Cornelius Merula, ancient Roman envoy to Cyprus, Crete and Asia Minor in the 2nd century BC
- Lucius Cornelius Merula, ancient Roman priest and politician of the 1st century BC
[edit] Others
- Georgius Merula, 15th century Italian classical scholar
- Tarquinio Merula, Italian Baroque composer of the 17th century
[edit] Zoology
- Turdus merula, the common blackbird
- Percnodaimon merula, a butterfly from New Zealand
- Dendrocincla merula, the white-chinned woodcreeper
[edit] References
- ^ Varro, De Rerum Rusticarum 3.2 §§ 2.38; Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 1:6.38
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).
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