micarius mīcārĭus, a, um, adj.mica, of or belonging to crumbs or little bits (post-Aug.): homo frugi, et micarius, a crumb-gatherer, i. e. frugal, economical, Petr. 73, 6.
Micipsa Mĭcipsa, ae, m., son of Masinissa, andking of Numidia, Sall. J. 5 sq.; Flor. 3, 1. In plur., poet. for Numidians, Africans, Juv. 5, 89.
mico mĭco, ŭi (pf. subj. micaverit, Sol. 53), 1, v. n.Sanscr. mish-, to wink, to move quickly to and fro, to have a vibrating or tremulous motion, to quiver, shake, tremble, e. g. of the pulse; to beat, palpitate; to spring forth, of fountains; of the tremulous rays of the stars, to twinkle, sparkle, glitter, gleam, flash (class.). In gen.: venae et arteriae micare non desinunt,Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 24: linguis micat ore trisulcis,Verg. G. 3, 439: gladii,Liv. 6, 12, 9: corque timore micat,
,Prop. 1, 10, 12: metu micuere sinus,Ov. H. 1, 45: et modo cervicem, modo crura micantia captat,id. M. 9, 37: noctuarum genus, quibus pluma aurium modo micat,Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 117: semianimesque micant (culi (of a head cut off), twitch, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 10, 396 (Ann. v. 463 Vahl.): digiti (of a hand cut off),Verg. A. 10, 396: auribus (of a horse),id. G. 3, 84: micuere fontes,
spring forth
,Luc. 4, 300: citatus vulnere angusto micat (cruor),Sen. Oedip. 345: fulmina etiam sic undique micabant, ut peti viderentur corpora,
flashed in every direction
,Liv. 40, 58, 5: inter horrendos fragores micare ignes,id. 21, 58, 5: tum micent gladii,id. 6, 12, 9: eo ferocior inlatus hostis urgere scutis, micare gladiis,id. 4, 37, 10. In partic. To raise suddenly some of the fingers and let another instantly guess their number, which was practised both as a game of chance (called in Italy mora) and as a mode of deciding doubtful matters: micare est sortiri digitis,Non. 347, 27: micandum erit cum Graeco, utrum ... an, Varr. ap. Non. 347, 30: quid enim sors est? item propemodum, quod micare, quod talos jacere,Cic. Div. 2, 41, 85: quasi sorte, aut micando,id. Off. 3, 23, 90: patrem et filium pro vita rogantes sortiri vel micare jussisse,Suet. Aug. 13. Prov.: dignus est, quicum in tenebris mices, said of a thoroughly honest man, since it would be easy to cheat in the dark,Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77: cum quo audacter posses in tenebris micare,Petr. 44. Also in contracts: RATIO DOCVIT, CONSVETVDINE MICANDI SVMMOTA, SVB EXAGIO POTIVS PECORA VENDERE, QVAM DIGITIS CONCLVDENTIBVS TRADERE, Edict. in Inscr. Orell. 3166.Poet. of the brilliancy of the stars, of the eyes, etc., to flash, gleam, beam, shine, be bright: micat inter omnes Julium sidus,Hor. C. 1, 12, 46: micat ignibus aether,Verg. A. 1, 90. oculis micat ignis, fire flashes from his eyes, id. ib. 12, 102: ex oculis micat acrius ardor,Lucr. 3, 289: micant ardorem orbes luminis,Verg. Cul. 220: genitor circum caput omne micantes Deposuit radios,Ov. M. 2, 40: celeri micuerunt nubila flamma,id. Tr. 1, 2, 45. Hence, mĭcans, antis, P. a., twinkling, sparkling, glittering, gleaming, flashing, glowing: stella micans radiis Arcturus, Cic. Div. Poët. 2, 42, 110: micantes stellae,Ov. M. 7, 100; Vulg. Job, 38, 31: oculos circumtulit igne micantes,Ov. M. 15, 674: vultus,Liv. 6, 13. Comp.: radius sole micantior,Prud. Cath. 5, 44.
Micon Mĭcon, ōnis, m., = Μίκων, the name of a shepherd: cum me arbustum videre Miconis ... incidere falce,Verg. E. 3, 10: ramosa Micon vivacis cornua cervi,id. ib. 7, 30. So, forte Micon senior, Canthusque Miconis alumnus, Calp. Ecl. 5, 1.
microcosmus micrŏcosmus, i, m., = μικρόκοσμος, a little world, world in miniature, microcosm, Isid. Orig. 3, 22, 2.
Midamus Mīdāmus, i, m., one of the fifty sons of Ægyptus, who was slain by his wife, Hyg. Fab. 170.
Midas Mĭdas or Mĭda, ae, m., = Μίδας, son of Gordius, and king of Phrygia. At his request he received from Bacchus, who wished to prove his gratitude for the hospitality Midas had accorded him, the boon that everything he touched should turn to gold. But as this extended also to food and drink, he implored the assistance of the god. The latter told him to bathe in the river Pactolus, the sands of which from that time became mixed with gold. Midas decided in favor of Pan a musical contest between him and Apollo; who in revenge provided Midas with ass's ears, Ov. M. 11, 85 sq. and 146; Hyg. Fab. 191; Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 114; id. Div. 1, 36, 78; Mart. 6, 86, 4. Midas is said to have discovered the use of lead and tin, Hyg. Fab. 274.
Midea Mīdea, ae, f., = Μίδεια, a city in Lycia, Stat. Th. 4, 45.
Midias Mīdĭas, ae, m., = Μειδιας, the name of a Messenian, who invented the cuirass, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 200.
Midinus Mīdīnus, a, um, adj.Midas, of or belonging to Midas: Arcadicum ac Midinum sapis,i. e.
after the manner of an ass
,Mart. Cap. 6, § 577
Migdilybs Migdĭlybs, ybis, m.μιγδην‐λύψ, a mixed Libyan, i. e. of Libyan (African) and Tyrian descent, as the Carthaginians were, Plaut Poen. 5, 2, 73.
migma migma, ătis, n., = μίγμα, a mixture, mixed provender, meslin: commistum mig ma,Vulg. Isa. 30, 24.
migratio mī^grātĭo, ōnis, f.migro, a removal, a changing of one's habitation, migration (class.). Lit.: haec migratio nobis misera,Liv. 5, 53: migrationem esse mortem in eas oras, quas, qui vitā excesserunt, incolunt,Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 98; cf. id. ib. 1, 12, 27; id. Cael. 8, 18.Trop.: cui verbo (fideliter) domicilium est proprium in officio, migrationes in alienum multae,
migrator mī^grātor, ōris, m.id., a wanderer: migrator μετανάστης, Gloss. Gr. Lat.
migro mī^gro, āvi, ātum, 1 (migrassit for migraverit, Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11), v. n. and a. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. root mā, exchange; also meo]. Neutr., to remove from one place to another, to depart, flit, migrate (class.). Lit.: migrare e fano foras,Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 1: ex urbe tu rus habitatum migres?Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 13: ad integra omnia,Liv. 5, 53: ad generum,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 89: in tabernas,Hor. A. P. 229: Veios,Liv. 5, 53: Alexandriam vel Ilium,Suet. Caes. 79: finibus,Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 59: Verres domo ejus emigrat atque adeo exit: nam jam ante migrārat, he quits his house (leaves it himself without taking any thing with him); for he had already removed (had taken away his furniture), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 89: consilium migrandi a Tarquiniis cepit,Liv. 1, 34, 5: itaque non solum inquilini, sed etiam mures migraverunt,Cic. Att. 14, 9, 1: cum tota Karthagine migra, be off!Juv. 6, 171. Impers. pass.: in alium quendam locum ex his locis morte migretur,Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 97: Romam inde frequenter migratum est a propinquis,Liv. 1, 11, 4.Trop., to go away, depart, to pass over, change, turn: scio ipse quid agam, neque mens officio migrat,Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 13: mea ut migrare dicta possint, quo volo,id. Ps. 1, 5, 54: ex hac vitā,Cic. Rep. 6, 9, 9; cf. id. ib. 6, 15, 15: de vitā,i. e.
to die
,id. Fin. 1, 19, 62: equitis migravit ab aure voluptas ad oculos,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 187: haec medicina migrabat in Graeciae linguas,Plin. 25, 2, 6, § 16: omnia migrant, Omnia commutat natura,
change
,Lucr. 5, 831: caerula quae sunt Numquam in marmoreum possunt migrare colorem,id. 2, 774: in varias migrare figuras,Ov. M. 15, 172: cornua in mucronem migrantia,
mile mile, mīlēsĭmus, etc., v. mille, millesimus, etc.
mileon milĕon, i, n., the name of a plant, also called scelerata, App. Herb. 8.
miles mīlĕs (MEILES, Inscr. Mur. 582; late form, milex, Gromat. Vet. p. 246, 19), ĭtis, comm.Sanscr root mil-, to unite, combine; cf.: mille, milites, quod trium millium primo legio fiebat, ac singulae tribus Titiensium, Ramnium, Lucerum milia singula militum mittebant,Varr. L. L. 5, § 89 Müll., a soldier.Lit. In gen.: miles, qui locum non tenuit,Cic. Clu. 46, 128: legere milites, to levy, raise, Pompei, ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12 a, 3: scribere,
,Juv. 10, 267: miles cum die, qui prodictus sit, aberat, neque excusatus erat, infrequens dabatur,Gell. 16, 4, 5. In partic., of foot-soldiers, infantry, in opp. to eques: tripartito milites equitesque in expeditionem inisit,Caes. B. G. 5, 10: v. eques. Opp. to the general: miles gregarius, or miles alone, a common soldier, private: strenui militis et boni imperatoris officia simul exsequebatur,Sall. C. 60, 4; id. J. 62; Vell. 2, 18, 1 volgus militum, Liv. 22, 30, 7: maritim as,
a soldier in sea-service, marine
,Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 61.Transf. Collect., the soldiery, the army (esp. freq. in the postAug. per.), Liv. 22, 57 fin.; Verg. A. 2, 495; Vell. 1, 15, 1; 2, 78, 2; Tac. A. 1, 2; 24; 2, 16; Juv. 10, 155; 16, 18 et saep. Under the emperors, an armed servant of the emperor, court-official, Cod. Th. 11, 1, 34; Dig. 4, 6, 10.A chessman, pawn, in the game of chess: discolor ut recto grassetur limite miles,Ov. Tr. 2, 477.Fem., of a woman who is in childbed for the first time: et rudis ad partūs et nova miles eram,Ov. H. 11, 48. Of a nymph in the train of Diana: miles erat Phoebes,Ov. M. 2, 415. (Eccl. Lat.) Of a servant of God or of Christ, struggling against sin, etc.: bonus Christi,Vulg. 2 Tim. 2, 3.
Miletis Mīlētis, ĭdis, f.Miletus. The daughter of Miletus, Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 634.A Milesian woman, Caecil. ap. Diom. p. 378 P.
Miletopolis Mīlētŏpŏlis, is, f., = Μιλητόπολις, a city in European Sarmatia, founded by the Milesians, otherwise called Olbia Borysthenis or Olbiopolis, now Oczakow, Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 82.
Miletus Mīlētus, i, m., = Μίλητος, the father of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 443. Hence, Mīlētis, ĭdis, f., the daughter of Miletus: moesta,Ov. M. 9, 634.
Miletus Mīlētus (-tos), i, f., = Μίλητος, the city of Miletus, in Caria, the birthplace of Thales, Mel. 1, 17, 1; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2. Esp., as a proverb for luxury and wantonness: paupertas Romana perit, hinc fluxit ad istos et Sybaris colles, hinc et Rhodos et Miletos,Juv. 6, 296. Hence, Mīlēsĭus, a, um, adj., = Μιλήσιος, of or belonging to the city of Miletus, Milesian: Milesia mulier,Cic. Clu. 11, 32: vellera,Verg. G. 3, 306: lana,Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 33: rosa,id. 21, 4, 10, § 16: deus, i. e. Apollo, who had a temple and oracle at Miletus, App. M. 4, p. 157, 19: Ceres,Val. Max. 1, 1, 5: carmina, v.in the foll.Subst.Mīlēsĭa, ae, f., Miletus: propter Milesiae conditorem,App. M. 4, p. 157, 29.Mīlēsii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Miletus, Milesians, famous for their luxury and wantonness, Liv. 38, 39. 9; hence, transf.: Milesia carmina,
,App. M. 1 init.; for which, as subst., Mīlēsĭae, ārum, f.plur. (sc. fabulae), Sev. Aug. ap. Capitol. Albin. 12.Mī-lētis, ĭdis, f.adj., of or belonging to Miletus, Milesian: Miletida ad urbem, i. e. Tomi,
Mileum Mileum (Milevum), i, n., and Mi-levi, ōrum, m., a city in Numidia, Aug. adv. Don. 6, 20. Hence, Milēvetānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city of Mileum, Aug. Ep. 34.
miliaceus mĭlĭăcĕus, a, um, adj.milium, of millet, millet puls, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. forma, p. 83, 12 Müll.
miliacus mĭlĭăcus, a, um, adj.id., fed with mil let: ficedulas, sive quas miliacas vocant, millet-birds, perh. ortolans, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1, 27
miliarensis mīlĭārensis (millĭārensis), e, adj.mille, that contains a thousand (post-class.): porticus, either containing a thousand columns, or containing a thousand paces, Vop. Aur. 49: COHORS, Inscr. Marin. Frat. Arv. p. 630.
miliarius mīlīārīus or millĭārĭus, a, um, adj.id., containing or comprising a thousand.Adj.: decuriae,Varr. L. L. 9, § 87 Müll.: greges,id. R. R. 2, 10: clivus,
,Suet. Ner. 31: aevum, of a thousand years, Tert Anim 31.Subst.mīlĭārĭum (mill-), ii, n.A mile-stone (which indicated a distance of a thousand paces, i. e. a Roman mile): cum plebes prope ripam Anienis ad tertium miliarium consedisset,Cic. Brut. 14, 54: intra primum urbis Romae miliarium,Gai. Inst. 4, 104: intra centesimum urbis Romae miliarium,
within a hundred miles of Rome
,id. ib. 1, 27. In partic.: miliarium or miliarium aureum, the mile-stone set up by Augustus in the forum, as the terminal point of all military roads: mille passus non a miliario Urbis, sed a continentibus aedificiis numerandi sunt,Dig. 50, 16, 154; Suet. Oth. 6; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 66; Tac. H. 1, 27. Plur: miliaria lapidea,Aug. Serm. 351, 11.Transf., a Roman mile, a mile, Suet. Ner. 31.The number one thousand, a thousand, Varr. L. L. 9, § 82 Müll.: annorum, a space of a thousand years, Aug. Civ. Dei, 20, 7.mīlĭārĭi (mill-), ōrum, m., a Christian sect who believed in the doctrine of a millennial kingdom, the Millenarians, Chiliasts, Aug. Haeres. 8; id. Civ. Dei, 20, 7, 1; Hier. praef. libri 18 in Isa. 66, 33.
miliarius mĭlĭārĭus (mill-), a, um, adj.milium, of or belonging to millet, millet- (ante-class. and post-Aug.): miliariae (sc. aves) dictae a cibo, quod milio fiant pingues,Varr. L. L. 5, § 76 Müll.: aves,
,Plin. 22, 25, 78, § 161.Transf., subst.: mĭlĭārĭum (mill-), ii, n., a short and thick pillar which stood in the centre of the basin of an oil-mill to support the cupa, Cato, R. R. 20; 22. In baths, a tall and narrow vessel for drawing and warming water, Pall. 1, 40; Sen. Q. N. 3, 24, 2; Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 65.A cooking-vessel: miliarium argenteum,Dig. 34, 2, 19, § 12.
Milichus Mīlĭchus (Mīlicus), i, m., a king in Spain, Sil. 3, 104.
milifolium mīlĭfŏlĭum and millefŏlĭum, ii, n.mille-folium, a plant, milfoil, yarrow; form milifolium: myriophyllus, quod nostri milifolium vocant, caulis est tener, similis feniculi,Plin. 24, 16, 95, § 152 Jan. (al. millefolium); used in medicine,id. 24, 19, 116, § 176 al. Form millefolium, Plin. 25, 5, 19, § 42 Jan. (al. millefolia).
miliginus mīlĭgĭnus, a, um, adj.milium, of millet (late Lat.), Dynam. 1, 14.
milio mīlĭo, ōnis, m., for milvus, a kite, Marc. Emp. 33.
Milionia Milionĭa, ae, f., a city of Italy, in the country of the Marsians, Liv. 10, 3; 34.
militarie mīlĭtārĭē, adv., v. militarius fin.
militaris mīlitāris, e, adj.miles, of or belonging to a soldier, to war, or to military service, proper to or usual with soldiers, military, warlike, martial (class.): militares pueri,
,Plaut. Ps. 4, 4, 11: aetas, the age for bearing arms (from the seventeenth to the forty-sixth year), Liv. 25, 5: via,
a military road, a highway on which an army can march
,id. 36, 15: herba, an herb good for wounds, also called millefolium, Plin. 24, 18, 104, § 168. Also an appellation of Jupiter, App. de Mundo, p. 75. In comp.: quis justior et militarior Scipione?
militarius mīlĭtārĭus, a, um, adj.id., soldierlike, military (ante-class.): gradus,Plaut. Ps. 4, 4, 11. Hence, adv.: mīlĭtārĭē, in a soldier-like or military manner (postclass.): militarie caesus, Treb. Trig. Tyrann. 22 dub.
,Juv. 7, 88. Esp. Abl. militiā, in war, opp. togā, in peace, Juv. 10, 9.Gen. militiae, in military service, or on a campaign, in the field; freq. in phrase: domi militiaeque, at home and abroad, at home and with the army: quorum virtus fuerat domi militiaeque cognita,Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55; cf.: et domi et militiae,id. de Or. 3, 33, 134: militiae domique,Liv. 7, 32: militiae et domi,Ter. Ad. 3, 5, 49. Also without domi, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6; Sall. J. 84, 2; Tac. H. 2, 5.Trop., of love: at confidentia militia illa militatur multo magis quam pondere,Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 50; so of an inattentive lover: pro infrequente eum mittat militiā domum,id. Truc. 2, 1, 19.Transf.Military spirit, courage, bravery: virilis militiae uxor,Flor. 4, 5. Concr., the soldiery, military (syn.: milites, exercitus, copiae): hic pars militiae, dux erat ille ducum,Ov. H. 8, 46: Romanae militiae decus,Val. Max. 1, 6, 11: cum omni militiā interficitur,Just. 32, 2, 2; Plin. 4, 14, 27, § 97: qua (lex) maxima apud eos vis cogendae militiae erat,Liv. 4, 26, 3: magister militiae, general, id. 22, 23, 2: caelestis,Vulg. Luc. 2, 13. So trop.: militia caeli,i. e.
the heavenly bodies
,Vulg. Act. 7, 42; id. Deut. 17, 3.A civil service, office, profession, employment, esp. a laborious one: hanc urbanam militiam respondendi, scribendi, etc.,Cic. Mur. 9, 19: haec mea militia est,Ov. F. 2, 9. Of swallows building their nests: eaque militia illis cum anno redit semper,Plin. 10, 33, 49, § 95.Any special work of difficulty, requiring a great effort: completa est militia ejus,Vulg. Isa. 40, 2: arma militiae nostrae non carnalia,id. 2 Cor. 10, 4: bona,id. 1 Tim. 1, 18. Under the emperors (like miles), an office or employment at court, Prud. Cath. 19; Cod. Just. 3, 25.
militiola mīlĭtĭŏla, ae, f.dim.militia, a short, insignificant term of military service: semestribus militiolis tumens, Suet. Vit. Juv
milito mīlĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n.miles, to be a soldier, to perform military service, to serve as a soldier (syn.: stipendium mereo; class.). Lit.: in cujus exercitu Catonis filius tiro militabat,Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36: sub signis alicujus,Liv. 23, 42: adversus aliquem,Suet. Caes. 68: apud Persas,Curt. 6, 5, 7: vobiscum,id. 8, 8, 11: si inter vigiles Romae Sex annis militaverit,Ulp. Fragm. 3, 5.Transf.To make war, wage war, war against; pass., with a homogeneous subject: libenter hoc et omne militabitur Bellum,Hor. Epod. 1, 23. Of other than military service: at confidentia militia illa militatur multo magis quam pondere,Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 50; Ov. H. 7, 32: vixi puellis nuper idoneus, Et militavi non sine gloriā,Hor. C. 3, 26, 1: prima stipendia Veneri militabant,App. M. 9, p. 226, 9: militat in silvis catulus,Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 67. Of an inanim. subject: aries machina est, quae muros frangere militat,
serves
,Tert. Pall. 1; cf.: carnalia desideria, quae militant adversus animam,Vulg. 1 Pet. 2, 11.
,Liv. 29, 15. In partic.: mille passus, mille passuum, or simply mille, a thousand paces, i. e. a Roman mile, which is estimated at 1618 English yards, or 142 yards less than the English statute mile: milli passum dixit (sc. Lucilius) pro mille passibus ... aperteque ostendit mille et vocabulum esse et singulari numero dici, Gell. 1, 16, 13; Cic. Att. 4, 16, 4: ultra quadringenta milia,id. ib. 3, 4. Prov.: mille passuum mora, a mile's delay, i. e. a long delay, Plaut. Truc. 2, 3, 13; cf.: mille passuum commoratu's cantharum,id. Men. 1, 2, 64.Transf., like the Gr. μυρία, a thousand, for innumerable, infinite (mostly poet.): mille pro uno Kaesones exstitisse,Liv. 3, 14, 4; 2, 28, 4: mille trahens varios adverso sole colores,Verg. A. 4, 701: tentat mille modis,Hor. C. 3, 7, 12: mille pericula saevae urbis,Juv. 3, 8; 12, 46: quomodo persequatur unus mille,Vulg. Deut. 32, 30. Plur.: ante milia annorum,Plin. 14 praef. 1, § 3: milia tumulorum, Prud. cont. Symm. 1, 516: erat numerus eorum milia milium,Vulg. Apoc. 5, 11; so, mille alia, alia mille,
milleformis millĕformis (millĭformis), e, adj.mille-forma, of a thousand forms (postclass.): pestis,Prud. Cath. 9, 55.
millenarius millēnārĭus, a, um, adj.milleni, containing a thousand, millenary (postclass.): numerus, Aug. Civ. Dei, 20, 7: aevum,Tert. de Anim. 32: dux lanceariorum,
commander of a thousand
,Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 6, 35.
milleni millēni, ae, a, adj. num. distr. [mille], a thousand each, a thousand (post-class.; for mille numero is the true reading,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 4), Gal. Inst. 2, 225; Dig. 31, 89, 1; Lampr. Heliog. 21, 7; 26, 7; Vulg. Num. 31, 5; id. 2 Reg. 18, 4; id. 1 Esdr. 8, 27.
millesimus millēsĭmus (-lensimus), a, um, adj.mille, the thousandth (class.): millesimam partem vix intellego,Cic. Att. 2, 4, 1; cf.: in millesimo corpore,Cels. 2, 6: inter mille rates tua sit millesima puppis, i. e. ultima, Ov H. 13, 97: usura,
Milo Mĭlo, ōnis, m., a name assumed by T. Annius, as an admirer of Milo of Crotona, and the leader of a band of gladiators. He was the son of C. Papius Celsus and Annia, daughter of C. Annius, who adopted the grandson. He was tribune of the people with Clodius, B. C. 57, but afterwards killed the latter, and was defended by Cicero in an oration still extant (pro T. Annio Milone). Hence, Mĭlōnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to T. Annius Milo, Milonian: tempora, i. e. the time when Milo was indicted, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, B, 2. Subst.: Mĭlōnĭāna, ae (sc. oratio), the oration of Cicero for Milo, Cic. Or. 49, 165; Mart. Cap. 5, § 526.
Milonius Mīlōnĭus, i, m., the name of a parasite, Hor. S. 2, 1, 24.
miltites lapis miltītes lăpis = μιλτίτης λίθος, a kind of blood-stone, Plin. 36, 20, 38, § 147.
miltos miltos, i, f., = μιλτος, red-lead, minium, or native cinnabar, Plin. 33, 7, 38, § 115.
milua milŭa (-va), ae, f.milvus, a she-kite, as a term of abuse, Petr. 75, 6.
miluago milŭāgo (-vago), ĭnis, f.id., a kind of fish, = milvus, II. A., Isid. 12, 6, 36 (but a false read for lolligo, Plin. 32, 2, 6, § 15).
miluinus milŭīnus (also milvīnus), a, um, adj.id., of or belonging to the kite (class.): plumae,Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 167.Transf., resembling a kite, kite-like, i. e. rapacious: ungulae,i. e.
a thief's clutches
,Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 63. pullus, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6: miluinus pes, kite's foot, an herb so called from its resemblance to the foot of a kite, Col. 12, 7, § 1; cf. Plin. 27, 8, 35, § 57.Subst.: miluīna (milvīna), ae, f. * (Sc. fames.) A kite's, i. e. a ravenous, appetite, voracity, Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 29 (dub.; Ritschl, bulimam). (Sc. tibia.) A kind of flute of a very clear tone: miluina genus tibiae acutissimi soni, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.; Sol. 5, 19.
miluus miluus (later also, milvus), i, m., a bird of prey, a kite, glede. Lit.: pulmentum ei deripuit miluos ... postulare ut sibi liceret miluom vadarier,Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 37; 40; id. Rud. 4, 4, 80; Plin. 10, 10, 12, § 28: miluo est quoddam bellum quasi naturale cum corvo,Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125: adulteretur et columba miluo, of something impossible,Hor. Epod. 16, 32. Of rapacious men, a kite: male ego metuo miluos,Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 13. Prov.: dives arat Curibus, quantum non milvus oberret,
so large that a kite could not fly across it
,Pers. 4, 26; Juv 9, 55; Petr. 37, 8Transf.A fish of prey, a gurnard: (metuit) opertum miluus hamum,Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 51; Ov. Hal. 95.A constellation: stella Lycaoniam vergit proclivis ad Arcton Miluus,Ov. F. 3, 794; Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 237.
mima mīma, ae (in the dat. and abl. plur., mimabus, acc. to Cledonius, p. 1863 P.), f.mimus, a female mimic or mime, Cic. Phil. 2, 24, 58; 13, 11, 24; Hor. S. 1, 2, 56; Inscr. Orell. 2624. In apposition: a mima uxore,Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 20.
Mimallones Mĭmallŏnes, um, f., = Μιμάλλονες, the Bacchantes (poet), Stat. Th. 4, 660; Sid. C. 1, 13. Hence, Mĭmallŏnĕus, a, um, adj., Bacchantic, Bacchanalian (poet.), Pers. 1, 99.Mĭmallŏnis, ĭdis, f., a Bacchante (poet.), Ov. A. A. 1, 541.
mimarius mīmārĭus, a, um, adj.mimus, for mimicus, of or belonging to a mime, mimic (post-class.): mimarii scurrae, Capitol Ver. 8, 1.Subst.: mīmārĭus, ĭi, m., a mimic actor, Inscr. Orell. 2631.
mimmulus mimmŭlus, i, m., the name of a plant, Plin. 18, 28, 67, § 259 dub. (Sillig, nummulus).
Mimnermia Mimnermĭa, ae, f., a surname of Venus: alii Venerem Mimnermiam vel Meminiam dicunt, quod meminerit omnium, Serv Aen. 1, 720.
Mimnermus Mimnermus, i, m., = Μίμνερμος, a Greek elegiac poet of Colophon, the inventor of the pentameter, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 65; 2, 2, 101: Mimnermi versus,i. e.
mina mĭna, ae, f.adj., smooth: mina ovis, smooth-bellied, with no wool on the belly: mina (id est ventre glabro), Varr R. R. 2, 2, 6: minae oves, a play on the double meaning of the word (v. 1. mina, II.),Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 9.Subst.: mĭna, ae, f.: minam Aelius vocitatam ait mammam alteram lacte deficientem, quasi minorem factam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 122 Müll.
minaciae mĭnācĭae, arum, f.minae, menaces, threats, with a play upon the double meaning of minae; v. 1. mina: at ego oves et lanam et alia multa quae poscet dabo. Meliust te minis certare mecum quam minaciis,Plaut. Truc. 5, 55 sq. (but Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 16; id. Capt. 4, 2, 22, the true reading is minae).
minaciter mĭnācĭter, adv., v. minax fin.
minae mĭnae, ārum, f.root min-, only in Lat.; cf.: mentum, minari, and perh. mons, the projecting points or pinnacles of walls (only poet.). Lit.: minae murorum,Verg. A. 4, 88: moenium,Amm. 24, 2, 12; 24, 2, 19; 29, 6, 11; 20, 6, 2.Trop., threats, menaces, of animate and inanimate things (class.). Of living beings: si quidem hercle Aeacidinis minis animisque expletus cedit,Plaut. As. 2, 3, 25: virtutem hominibus instituendo et persuadendo, non minis et vi ac metu tradi,Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 247: terrēre minis, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 301 Müll. (Ann. v. 261): minas jactare,
to throw out threats
,Cic. Quint. 14, 47: intendere alicui,Tac. A. 3, 36. Of the threats used by cattle-drivers, Ov. P. 1, 8, 56. Poet., of a bull: nullae in fronte minae, Ov. M. 2, 857; of a snake: tol lentemque minas, raising threats, i. e. raising himself in a threatening posture, Verg. G. 3, 421. Of inanimate things (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): aspice, quam saevas increpat aura minas,Prop. 1, 17, 6: hibernae,Tib. 2, 3, 46: ingentes parturit ira minas,Ov. H. 12, 208: caelestes minae territabant,Flor. 2, 8, 3; forebodings of misfortune, Val. Fl. 5, 342.
Minaei Minaei (Minnaei), ōrum, m., a people of Arabia, celebrated for their myrrh and frankincense, Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 155 sqq.; Prisc. Perieg. 888. Hence, adj.: Mĭnae-us, a, um, of or belonging to the Minæi: tus,Plin. 12, 14, 30, § 53: murra,id. 12, 16, 35, § 69.
minanter mĭnanter, adv., v. 1. minor fin.
minatio mĭnātĭo, ōnis, f.1. minor, a threatening, threat, menace, as an action (rare but class.): quae illaec est minatio?Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 19: minationes,Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 288: imperiosis minationibus confutare, Tullius Tiro ap. Gell. 6 ($3), 3, 13 Hertz.
minator mĭnātor, ōris, m.id., one who drives cattle with threats, a cattle-driver, a drover (post-class.), Tert. ad Nat. 2, 3 fin.
mineo mĭnĕo, ēre, false reading for meant, Lucr. 6, 563 and 1193; v. Lachm. ad h. l.
minerrimus minerrĭmus, pro minimo dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 122 Müll.
Minerva Mĭnerva (old orthogr. Menerva, like magester, leber, etc., acc. to Quint. 1, 4, 17), ae, f.from the root men, whence mens, memini, moneo, etc.; v.infra, a Roman goddess, identified with the Grecian Pallas Athene, the daughter of Zeus, and the goddess of wisdom, of sense and reflection, of the arts and sciences, of poetry, and of spinning and weaving: Minerva dicta, quod bene moneat. Hanc enim pagani pro sapientiā ponebant; Cornificius vero, quod fingatur pingaturque minitans armis, eandem dictam putat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.; cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 180; 3, 23, 59; Varr. L. L. 5, § 74 Müll.: daedala, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. daedalam, p. 68: Minerva nostra, custos urbis,Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 1: Minerva Iliensis,Ulp. Fragm. 22, 6: Aristoteles ... Minervam esse Lunam probabilibus argumentis demonstrat,Arn. 3, 31. Prov.: pingui or crassā Minervā aliquid facere, without art, skill, or learning, plainly, rudely, Col. 1 praef. § 33; Cic. Lael 5, 19: rusticus crassā Minervā,Hor. S. 2, 2, 3: invitā Minervā,
contrary to the bent of one's genius or natural abilities, against the grain
,Hor. A. P. 385: quia nihil decet invitā, ut aiunt, Minervā, id est adversante et repugnante naturā, Cic. Off. 1, 31, 301: sus Minervam (docet),
a stupid man will instruct a wise one
,Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 18: omnis Minervae homo,
jack - of - alltrades
,Petr. 43, 8: MINERVA MEDICA, i. e. medicina, the goddess of health, Inscr Rein. 11, 81: fecit ex ebore aeque Minervam,
a statue of Minerva
,Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 54. Transf.A working in wool, spinning and weaving: tolerare colo vitam tenuique Minervā ( = telā, lanificio),Verg. A. 8, 409; Ov. M. 4, 33; Prop. 2, 9, 5. To form the name of a place. Minervae Arx, v. Minervius, II. B. Minervae Promontorium, a promontory in Campania, to the south-east of Surrentum, the abode of the Sirens, now Punta della Capanella, Liv. 40, 18, 8; Ov. M. 15, 709.
Minerval Mĭnerval, ālis, n.Minerva, a gift in return for instruction (ante- and postclass.), Varr R. R. 3, 2, 18; Tert. Idol. 10.
Minervalicium Mĭnervālĭcĭum, ii, n.Minerval, perh. for Minerval, a teacher's fee: Minervalicium, συστατικόν, Gloss. Philox.
Minervalis Mĭnervālis, e, adj.Minerva, of or belonging to Minerva (to learning, good sense, etc.), Minervan (post-class.): artes,Tert. Spect. 11 fin.: munus,Hier. Ep. ad Ephes. 6, 4: MAGISTER,Inscr. Orell. 2421. In plur. subst.: Mĭnervālĭa, ĭum, n., festivities in honor of Minerva, Sergius, p. 1846 P
Minervinus Minervīnus, i, m.Minervius, the name of a Roman slave, Inscr. Mur. 479, 1.
Minervius Mĭnervĭus, a, um, adj.Minerva, of or belonging to Minerva, Minervian (postclass.): nomen,i. e.
of Minerva
,Arn. 4, 137; LEGIO,
named after Minerva
,Inscr. Orell. 922; 1767; 1894 et saep.: cives, i. e. Athenienses, because there was in Athens a temple of Minerva,Arn. 5, 175: versus, verses composed in honor of Minerva, Paul. ex Fest. s. v axamenta, p. 3 Müll.Subst.: Mĭnervĭum, ii, n.A temple of Minerva, Varr. L. L. 5, § 47 Müll.; Arn. 6, 193.A city and castle (hence also called Arx Minervae, Verg. A. 3, 531) in Calabria, south of Otranto, the primitive seat of the Salentines, now Castro, Liv. 45, 16, 5; Vell. 1, 15, 4.
mineus mĭnĕus, a, um, adj.minium, of a cinnabar-red color: color rosarum,App. M. 4, 2, p. 143: circulus,id. Flor. 2, p. 348.
mingo mingo, inxi, inctum and ictum, 3, v. a.root mig, whence also meio; cf. also the Greek ὀ μιχέω, to make water, to void urine: in me veniant mictum atque cacatum, Hor S 1, 8, 38: urina mingitur,Cels. 4, 20: ut quantum bibisset, tantum mingeret, Vop ap Bon. 14; Juv. 3, 107. In mal. part., Cat. 67, 30.
miniaceus mĭnĭācĕus, a, um, adj.minium, of cinnabar or minium, cinnabar-red, vermilion (only in Vitr.): expolitio,Vitr. 7, 9: cunei,id. 7, 4 med.; cf.: minatius (i. e. miniaceus), μιλτωδης, Gloss. Labb.
minianus mĭnĭānus, a, um, adj.id., painted with red-lead or cinnabar: minianus Juppiter (i. e. statua Iovis),Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 8.
miniarius mĭnĭārĭus, a, um, adj.id., of or belonging to minium or cinnabar (post-Aug.): miniarium metallum,
miniatulus mĭnĭātŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [miniatus], colored with red-lead or cinnabar, colored red: cerula,Cic. Att. 16, 11, 1.
miniatus mĭnĭātus, a, um, v. 1. minio, P. a.
minicularius mĭnĭcŭlārĭus, ii, v. minuscularius.
minime mĭnĭmē, adv., v. parvus fin., under minimus.
minimopere mĭnĭmŏpĕre, i. e. minimo opere, not at all, Licin. ap. Prisc. 6.
minimus mĭnĭmus, a, um, v. parvus fin.
mininus mĭnīnus, a, um, adj.mina, costing a mina, of the worth of a mina: exta,Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 95 Fleck.
minio mĭnĭo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a.minium, to color with red-lead or cinnabar, to paint red: Jovem,Plin. 33, 7, 38, § 112; 35, 12, 45, § 157. Hence, mĭnĭātus, a, um, P. a.Colored with red-lead or cinnabar, colored red, red: quae quidem, vereor, ne miniata cerula tua pluribus locis notandae sint, with your red-lead pencil, Cic. Att. 15, 14, 4; 16, 11, 1.Of the color of cinnabar, cinnabar-red, of the parrot: avis torque miniato in cervicem distincta,Plin. 10, 42, 58, § 117.
Minio Mĭnĭo, ōnis, m.A small river in Etruria, now Mignone: Minionis in arvis,Verg. A. 10, 183; Rutil. 1, 279.A town on the river Minio, Mela, 2, 4, 9.
miniscitur mĭniscĭtur, pro reminiscitur antiquitus dicebatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 122 Müll.
minister mĭnister, tra, trum, adj. (gen. plur. ministrūm, Stat. S. 3, 1, 86) [a double comp. in form, from minus and comp. ending -ter, Gr. τερ‐ος; cf.: magister, sinister], that is at hand, that serves, ministers (as an adj. only poet. and later): lumina (i. e. oculi) propositi facta ministra tui, that further, promote; promotive, or in a subst. sense, Ov. H. 21, 114: minister Grex,Sil. 11, 274: ardor,Lucr. 5, 297: ministro baculo,
with the aid of a staff
,Ov. Ib. 261.Subst.mĭnister, tri, m., an attendant, waiter, servant; also a priest's attendant or assistant; likewise an inferior officer, underofficial; hence, transf., an aider in a good or bad sense, a furtherer, promoter, helper, an abettor, accomplice: centum aliae (famulae), totidemque pares aetate ministri,Verg. A. 1, 705: Phrygius,
,id. 3, 46. Esp. (eccl. Lat.), a minister of religion, a preacher of Christ: ut sim minister Christi,Vulg. Rom. 15, 16; id. Eph. 3, 7: fidelis,id. ib. 6, 21: Dei,id. 2 Cor. 6, 4: optimus,Aug. Conf. 10, 26. Of inanimate things: sit anulus tuus non minister alienae voluntatis,Cic. Q. Fr 1, 1, 4: taedae, ardore ministro, suppeditant novum lumen,Lucr. 5, 297.mĭnistra, ae, f., a female attendant, maid-servant; a female assistant or minister, at religious worship (class. only in the trop. signif.). Lit.: una ministrarum,Ov. M. 9, 90; 306; 14, 705: accipiat missas apta ministra notas,Ov. A. A. 3, 470: ara deae certe tremuit, pariente ministrā,i. e.
the Vestal Sylvia
,id. F. 3, 47. Also among Christians: ancillae, quae ministrae dicebantur,i. e.
ministeriarius mĭnistĕrĭārĭus, a, um, adj.ministerium, of or belonging to service, serviceable: ministeriarius, ὑπηρετικός, Gloss. Phil.
ministerium mĭnistĕrĭum, ii, n.minister, the office or functions of a minister, attendance, service, ministry, in a good or bad sense; an office, occupation, work, labor, employment, administration, etc. (not in Cic. or Cæs.; cf.: munus, officium). Lit.: sunt qui ita distinguant: quaedam beneficia esse, quaedam officia, quaedam ministeria: beneficium esse, quod alienus det: officium esse filii, uxoris, etc.: ministerium esse servi, quem conditio sua eo loco posuit, ut nihil eorum, quae praestat, imputet superiori,Sen. Ben. 3, 18, 1: servorum,Just. 2, 13, 10. ubi ego omnibus parvis magnisque ministeriis praefulcior, Plaut. Ps. 3, 1, 6: facere uxoribus, to wait or attend upon, id. 32, 3, 16: praestare alicui,Dig. 13, 5, 15: exhibere,ib. 50, 1, 17: assuetos ministeriis talium facinorum,Liv. 42, 15: magis necessarium quam speciosi ministerii procurationem intueri,id. 4, 8, 6: praebere,Dig. 47, 2. 51: ministerium consilii sui afferre,Just. 31, 5, 8: fabrilia,Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 230: dura,Ov. M. 11, 625: diurna,id. ib. 4, 216: navis,Petr. 108: triste,Verg. A. 6, 223; cf. foeda,id. ib. 7, 619; Sedul. 4, 130: Quirinus acribus ministeriis consulatum adeptus,Tac. A. 3, 48: ministeria belli,
military service
,id. ib. 2, 78: ministerio Catonis ... facta provincia Cyprus est,
agency
,Vell. 2, 38, 6: caedis,Curt. 10, 1, 2: ministeris functi esse, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 13, 3, 2. Esp., the Christian ministry, the office of a preacher of Christ or of religion: verbi,Vulg. Act. 6, 4: reconciliationis,id. 2 Cor. 6, 18: melius,id. Heb. 8, 6.Transf., concr. A suite of attendants: quindecim convivarum, ac ministerii capax triclinium,Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 10: ministeria magistratibus conscribere, i. e. lictores, viatores, etc.,Tac. A. 13, 27: aulicum,
ministrator mĭnistrātor, ōris, m.id., an attendant, waiter, servant (class.): (turbam) transeo ministratorum, per quos, signo dato, ad inferendam cenam discurritur,Sen. Ep. 95, 24: vinum dominicum ministratoris gratia est,
cup-bearer
,Petr. 31, 2; Dig. 50, 16, 203: MERCVRIVS,Inscr. Fabr. 114: accensos ministratores, Cato esse scribit,Varr. L. L. 7, § 18 Müll.: cum auriganti Caio ministratorem exhiberet,
play the assistant, the instructor
,Suet. Vit. 17: cum te ipsum, Sulpici, objurgabam, quod ministratorem peteres, non adversarium,Cic. de Or. 2, 75, 305: quasi ministrator, aderat, subiciens, quid dicerem,id. Fl. 22, 53.
ministratorius mĭnistrātōrĭus, a, um, adj.ministrator, of or pertaining to an attendant, servant (post-Aug.): urceoli,Mart. 14, 105in lemm.
ministratrix mĭnistrātrix, icis, f.id., for ministra, a female attendant, a handmaid: ministratrices oratoris,Cic. de Or. 1, 17, 75 dub. (Orell. ministras; v. Orell. ad loc.; and cf. minister, II. B. 2.).
ministrix mĭnistrix, īcis, f.ministra, for ministra, a maid-servant, handmaid: ministrix, ὑπηρέτις, Gloss. Philox.
ministro mĭnistro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.minister, to attend, wait upon, serve, esp. at table, to serve up, pour out, hand food or drink (syn.: servio, appareo, praebeo, suggero; class.). Lit. With dat.: Acastum retine, quo commodius tibi ministretur,Cic. Fam. 16, 14, 2: cui matronam ministrasse compererat,Suet. Aug. 45. With acc.: nosmet inter nos ministremus,Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 7.Absol.: hic ministrabit dum ego edam,Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 90.Transf., to take care of, manage, govern, direct; and, in gen., to provide, furnish, supply, give, afford: ministrare (naves) velis, of the steersman,Verg. A. 6, 302: naves nec velis ministrantur, nec, etc.,Tac. G. 44: ministrare victum alicui,Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 6: viros et arma alicui,Tac. H. 4, 12: prolem,
,Ov. H. 20, 133. Also of inanim. subjects: sarmentum colibus sucum ministrat,Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 2: (vinum) verba ministrat, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 20: luna ministrat equis,
minius mĭnĭus, a, um, adj.minium, of cinnabar or minium, cinnabar-red, vermilion (Appuleian): rosarum minius color,App. M. 4, p. 143, 3: circulus,id. Flor. 2, p. 348, 33.
mino mĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n., collat. form of minor (ante-class., acc. to Prisc. p. 799, but v. Lachm. ad Lucr. 6, 563. From the application of the words minari and minae to the threatening cries of cattledrivers is doubtless derived the old rustic signif., also generally adopted in the postclass. per. into the literary lang.), to drive animals: asinos et equum minantes baculis exigunt,App. M. 3, p. 141: asinum,id. ib. 8, p. 216: me ut suam juvencam,Aus. Epigr. 67, 3: gregem ad interiora deserti,Vulg. Exod. 3, 1: per omnem mundum (so, vaccam), Schol. Juv. 6, 526: agasones equos agentes, id est minantes, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. agasones, p. 25 Müll. Pass. transf.: cum a validis ventis minentur (naves),Vulg. Jac. 3, 4; id. Nah. 2, 7. Of men: eos a tribunali,Vulg. Act. 18, 16. Hence the Ital. menare; Fl. mener.
Minois Mīnōis, ĭdis, f., = Μινωἷς. A female descendant of Minos. So his daughter Ariadne, Ov. M. 8, 174; Prop. 3, 19, 27: grex magis, an regnum Minoida sollicitat?i. e.
Minoius Mīnōĭus, a, um, adj., = Μινώϊος, of or belonging to Minos, Minoan;poet. also for Cretan: Minoia regna,Verg. A. 6, 14: virgo, i. e. Ariadne, daughter of Minos, Val. Fl. 7, 279: sella,
minor mĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. (act. collat. form, v. mino) [minae], to jut forth, project.Lit. (only poet.): geminique minantur In caelum scopuli,Verg. A. 1, 162: saxa minantia caelo,Sil. 4, 2.Transf., to threaten, menace one with any thing; constr. alicui, alicui aliquid, with abl., with acc. and inf., or with ne. In gen. (class.). Alicui, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 149. Alicui aliquid: crucem minari alicui,Cic. Tusc. 1, 43, 102. With abl.: coepit minari interdum ferro,Sall. C. 23, 3. With acc. and inf.: ab hac minatus sese abire,Plaut. As. 3, 3, 14: dolor se patientiam debilitaturum minatur,Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 75. (ε) With ne: minor interminorque, nequis, etc.,Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 11 Fleck. Of inanim. things: cum domus mea ardore suo deflagrationem Urbi minabatur,Cic. Planc. 40, 95: plaustra populo minantur,Juv. 3, 256: illa (ornus) usque minatur, et tremefacta comam concusso vertice nutat,i. e.
threatens to fall, gives signs of falling
,Verg. A. 2, 628: nil color caeli minatur, Juv 14, 294: quodcumque minabitur arcus,Hor. A. P. 350. In partic., like the Gr. ἀπειλεῖν, to promise boastfully (poet.): atqui vultus erat multa et praeclara minantis,Hor. S. 2, 3, 9: qui magna cum minaris, extricas nihil,Phaedr. 4, 21, 4. Hence, mĭnanter, adv., threateningly, with threats, = minaciter: multa minanter agat,Ov. A. A. 3, 582.
minor mĭnor, us, less, smaller inferior, etc.; comp., from parvus, q. v.
minoro mĭnōro, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a.2. minor, to make smaller, less, or fewer, to lessen, diminish (eccl. Lat.), perit anima, ei minoratur, Tert. Anim. 43: jumenta eorum,Vulg. Psa. 106, 38: dies temporis ejus,id. ib. 88, 46: et qui minoratur viribus,id. Eccli. 41, 3.Neutr., to be lacking, be in want: et qui modicam, non minoravit,Vulg. 2 Cor. 8, 15. Hence, mĭnōrātus, a, um, P. a., diminished, less (post-class.): minorato pretio vendere,Dig. 18, 7, 10 (al. numerato).
Minos Mīnos, ōis (ōnis: Minonis ira, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 710 P.), m., = Μίνως. A son of Zeus and Europa, brother of Rhadamanthus, king and lawgiver in Crete, and after death a judge in the infernal regions: ad eos venire, qui vere judices appellentur, Minoëm, Rhadamanthum,Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 98; 1, 5, 10; cf. id. Rep. 2, 1, 2; Sall. H. 2, 3; 1, 78; Verg. A. 6, 432; Ov. M. 9, 436. Acc. Minoa, Ov. M. 9, 440; Verg. Cir. 367.The grandson of the former, likewise king in Crete, the husband of Pasiphaë, father of Ariadne, Phædra, Androgeos, and Deucalion, and builder of the labyrinth, Ov. M. 7, 456; 8, 6 sq.; 152; cf. Suet. Tib. 70.
Minotaurus Mīnōtaurus, i, m., = Μινώταυρος, a monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man, the fruit of the intercourse of Pasiphaë, the wife of Minos, with a bull. Minos caused him to be shut up in the labyrinth and fed with human flesh. The Athenians were obliged to deliver to him seven boys and as many maidens every year, until Theseus destroyed him, and, with the aid of Ariadne's clew, escaped from the labyrinth: Minotaurus putatur esse genitus, cum Pasiphaë Minois regis uxor dicitur concubuisse cum tauro. Sed affirmant alii, Taurum fuisse nomen adulteri, Paul. ex Fest. p. 148 Müll.: proles biformis Minotaurus,Verg. A. 6, 25; cf. Ov. M. 7, 456; 8, 152 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 41: Minotauri effigies inter signa militaria est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 148 Müll. Comically: offensione Minotauri, i. e. Calvisii et Tauri, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 1.
Minous Mīnōus, a, um, adj.Minos, of or belonging to Minos, Minoan;poet. also for Cretan: Minoa venundata Scylla figura,Prop. 4, 18 (19), 21: Pasiphaë,i. e.
mintha mintha, ae, and minthē, ēs, f., = μίνθη, the Greek name for menta, mint: mentae nomen suavitas odoris apud Graecos mutavit, cum alioqui mintha vocaretur,Plin. 19, 8, 47, § 159.
mintrio mintrĭo, īre, or mintro, āre, v. n., of the sound made by a mouse, to squeak: mus avidus mintrit (al. mintrat), Auct. Carm. Philom. 61.
Minturnae Minturnae, ārum, f., a city of Latium, on the border of Campania, at the mouth of the Liris, in the neighborhood of which Marius concealed himself from Sylla in a marsh, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 59; Liv. 9, 25, 3; Vell. 1, 14, 6; Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 5; Val. Max. 2, 10, 6; 8, 2, 2. Hence, Minturnensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Minturnæ: populus,Liv. 27, 38: litterae,
Minucius Mĭnŭcĭus (Minut-), i, m.; Mĭnŭ-tĭa (Minuc-), ae, f., the name of a Roman gens, of whom, M. Minucius Rufus, magister equitum under the dictator Fabius Maximus Cunctator, Liv. 22, 8, 6; Nep. Hann. 5, 3; Sil. 7, 386. Another, Luc. 6, 126. Minucius Felix, of Africa, in the third century of the Christian era, the author of an apologetic work in favor of the Christian religion, Lact. 1, 11, 55; 5, 1, 22. Fem.: Mĭnŭcĭa, ae, a vestal, who was punished for incontinence by being buried alive, Liv. 8, 15, 7.Mĭnŭcĭ-us (Minut-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Minucius, Minucian: Minucia gens,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 115: lex, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. osi, p. 201 Müll.: Minucia porta appellata est eo, quod proxima esset sacello Minucii,id. p. 147 Müll.: porticus, in Rome, built by M. Minucius Rufus, Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 84: via,
minuisco mĭnŭisco, ĕre, v. n.minuo, to grow less, to diminish, Aus. Ephem. fin. dub.
minume mĭnŭmē, for minime, v. parum.
minumus mĭnŭmus, for minimus, v. parvus.
minuo mĭnŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. and n.Sanscr. mi, lessen, change; Gr. μινύω, μινύθω; cf.: μείων = minor; Germ. minder, vermindern. Act., to make smaller, to lessen, diminish; lit. and trop. Lit. (rare and mostly poet.): ramaliaque arida tecto Detulit, et minuit,
,Aur. Vict. Epit. 48, 18. Hence, adv., in two forms. mĭnūtē, into small or fine pieces, finely, minutely (class.). Lit.: sal minute tritus,Col. 6, 17, 7: minutissime commolere,id. 12, 28, 1: historia minutissime scripta,
in an extremely small hand
,Sen. Ep. 95, 2.Trop.In a petty or paltry manner: res minutius tractare,Cic. Fin. 4, 3, 7.Minutely, closely, accurately: minutius et scrupulosius scrutantur omnia,Quint. 5, 14, 28.mĭnūtim, into small pieces, finely, minutely (ante-class. and post-Aug.): concidere,Cato, R. R. 123: scoria minutim fracta,Plin. 34, 18, 51, § 171; Gell. 17, 8, 2.With short steps, trippingly: equus ambulans,Veg. Vet. 1, 56, 39: deambulare,id. ib. 2, 53, 3.
minurio mĭnūrĭo or mĭnurrio, 4, v. n.μινυρίζω, to twitter, to chirp, to coo, said of singing birds (post-class.): palumbes minurriunt (al. minarriunt),Spart. Get. 5: prognem inter asseres minurientem,Sid. Ep. 2, 2 med.; cf. the foll. art.
minurritiones mĭnurrītĭōnesappellantur avium minorum cantus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 122 Müll.; cf. minurio.
minus mĭnus, less.Adj. comp., from minor; v. parvus.Adv., v. parvus fin.
minus mĭnus, a, um, v. 2. mina.
minuscularius mĭnuscŭlārĭus, a, um, adj.minusculus, small, petty, paltry, trifling (postclass.): minuscularii aquaeductus,Cod. Just. 11, 42, 10: res,id. ib. 1, 55, 1.Subst.: mĭnuscŭlārĭus, i, m., a collector of small taxes, in detail, opp. to the receiver-general, Cod. Th. 11, 28, 3 (al. minicularii); cf. in full: minuscularii vectigalium conductores (al. minutularii in the same sense), Aug. Civ. Dei, 7, 4.
minusculus mĭnuscŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [1. minus], rather less, rather small (class.): ostium, Poët. ap. Macr. S. 3, 12: aviarium,Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 5: cupae,Cato, R. R. 12: nomen,
minutal mĭnūtal, ālis, n.minutus. A dish of minced meat (post-Aug.), Juv. 14, 129; Mart. 11, 31, 11. In gen.: mĭnū-tālĭa, ĭum, petty or paltry things, trifles (post-class.), Tert. Hab. Mul. 6: culices, formicae, tineae et hoc genus minutalia,id. Anim. 32.
minutalis mĭnūtālis, e, adj.id., small, paltry, insignificant (eccl. Lat.): regna,Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 4. As subst.: mĭnūtālis, is, m., an insignificant author: ceteri, i. e. the other writers of no consequence, Hier. Ep. ad Ephes. prooem.
minutatim mĭnūtātim, adv.id., piecemeal, in little bits; piece by piece, little by little; gradually, by degrees; singly, one by one (class.): nasturtium consectum minutatim,Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 6: cribrare terram,
,Veg. Vet. 1, 28, 1; so, minutio alone: cum praescriptis minutionis observantiis,id. ib. 1, 17, 13.
minutius mĭnūtĭus, comp., v. minutus and minute.
Minutius Mĭnūtĭus, a, um, v. Minucius.
minutivus mĭnūtīvus, a, um, adj.minuo, adapted for diminution, diminishing, opp. auctivus, Fortun. Art. Rhet. 3, 20.
minutularius mĭnūtŭlārĭus, v. minuscularius.
minutulus mĭnūtŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [minutus], very little; very paltry (ante- and post-class.): pueri,Plaut. Poen. prol. 28: argenteos Philippeos minutulos,Vop. Aur. 9 fin.: quaestiones,Macr. S. 7, 3.
minutus mĭnūtus, a, um, Part. and P. a., v. minuo fin.
Minyae Mĭnyae, ārum, m., = Μινύαι, the Minyans, Argonauts, the companions of Jason, so called from their ancestor Minyas, a king in Thessaly: Minyae dicti Argonautae, quod plerique eorum ex filiis Minyae fuerant orti, Paul. ex Fest. p. 122 Müll.; Ov. M. 7, 1; cf. Hyg. Fab. 14.
minyas minyas, ădis, f., a plant: idem (Pythagoras) minyada appellat, nomine alio Corinthiam,Plin. 24, 17, 100, § 157.
Minyas Mĭnyas, ae, m., v. Minyae.
Minyeias Mĭnȳēĭas, ădis, f., = Μινυηϊάς, the daughter of Minyas, Ov. M. 4, 1.
Minyeides Mĭnyēĭdĕs, f. (Mĭnēĭdĕs), = Μινυηΐδες, the daughters of Minyas, who were changed into bats for slighting the festival of Bacchus, Ov. M. 4, 32; cf. Minyeïdăs,id. ib. 4, 425.
Minyeius Mĭnyēĭus, a, um, adj., = Μινυήϊος, of or belonging to Minyas (poet.): Minyeia proles,Ov. M. 4, 389.
Minyeus Mĭnyēus (quadrisyl.), ei, or Mĭny-īus, ii, m., = Μινυεῖος, an old name of the river Orchomenos, in Thessaly: Orchomenus, Minyius antea dictus,Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 29.
mio mĭo, āvi, āre, v. a., to make water, Inscr. Zaccaria, Marm. Salonit. p. 10, n. 15.
mirabiliarius mīrābĭlĭārĭus, ii, m.mirabilis, a wonder-worker, worker of miracles (eccl. Lat.), Aug. Tract. in Joann. 13.
mirabilis mīrābĭlis (sup. mirabilissimus, Col. 6, 36, 3 MSS.), e, adj.miror, to be wondered at, wonderful, marvellous, extraordinary, admirable, strange, singular (class.): nimium mirimodis mirabilis,Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 86: nec hoc tam re est, quam dictu inopinatum atque mirabile,Cic. Par. 5, 1, 35: pugnandi cupiditas,Nep. Milt. 5, 1: hic tibi sit potius quam tu mirabilis illi,Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 23: laetis Phrygibus mirabile sumen,Juv. 12, 73. Comp.: quo ista majora ac mirabiliora fecisti,Cic. de Or. 2, 18, 74. Sup.: mirabilissima soboles,Col. 6, 36, 3. In neutr.: mirabile est, with a subjectclause, Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 7. With quam, quantum, quomodo: mirabile est, quam non multum differat,Cic. de Or. 3, 51, 197: esset mirabile quomodo,id. Div. 2, 19, 44: mirabile quantum gaudebat,Sil. 6, 620. With latter sup.: (mirabile dictu) truditur e sicco radix oleagina ligno, wonderful to tell or to be told, Verg. G. 2, 30. Esp. (eccl. Lat.). Glorious: mirabilis Deus in sanctis suis,Vulg. Psa. 67, 36: mirabilis in altis Dominus,id. ib. 92, 6.Miraculous: mirabilia opera Altissimi solius,Vulg. Eccli. 11, 4: facta,id. Jer. 5, 30 et saep. Hence, Subst.: mīrābĭle, is, n., a miracle, wondrous deed (eccl. Lat.): et faciet Dominus mirabile,Vulg. Exod. 9, 4. Mostly plur.: cras faciet Dominus inter vos mirabilia,Vulg. Jos. 3, 5: videntes mirabilia quae fecit,id. Matt. 21, 15 et saep. Adv.: mīrābĭlĭter, wonderfully, astonishingly, marvellously, extraordinarily, surprisingly (class.): mirabiliter vulgi mutata est voluntas,Nep. Dion. 10, 2: cupere,Cic. Fam. 13, 16, 4: laetari,id. ib. 11, 14, 1: moratus est,
mirabundus mīrābundus, a, um, adj.miror, wondering, astonished, full of wonder or astonishment (mostly Livian and post-class.): nova res mirabundam plebem convertit, quidnam incidisset, cur, etc.,Liv. 3, 38: Poeni mirabundi, unde, etc.,id. 25, 37, 12; Curt. 9, 9, 26. With acc.: mirabundi bestiam,App. M. 4, p. 150, 4.
miracidion miracidĭon, primae adulescentiae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.
miracula mīrācŭla, ae, f.miror, a marvellously ugly woman (ante-class.): diobolares, miraculae, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 64 Müll.: miraculae a miris, id est, monstris, Varr. ib.
miraculum mīrācŭlum, i, n.id., a wonderful, strange, or marvellous thing, a wonder, marvel, miracle; wonderfulness, marvellousness (class.; syn.: prodigium, portentum): miracula, quae nunc digna admiratione dicimus, antiqui in rebus turpibus utebantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.: portenta et miracula philosophorum somniantium,
mirifico mīrĭfĭco, āre, 1, v. a.id., to exalt, make wonderful, magnify (eccl. Lat.): mirifica misericordias tuas,Vulg. Psa. 17, 7; 4, 3.
mirificus mīrĭfĭcus, a, um, adj.mirus-facio, causing wonder or admiration, wonderful, marvellous, extraordinary, singular, strange (class.). Of persons: voramus litteras cum homine mirifico ... Dionysio,Cic. Att. 4, 11, 1: homo in doctrinis mirificus,Gell. 6, 15, 2. Of things: turris mirificis operibus exstructa,Caes. B. C. 3, 112: pugnae,Cic. Att. 1, 16, 1: convicium,id. ib. 1, 14, 5: voluptas,id. Fam. 3, 11, 3: studium,id. ib. 14, 3, 3: mirificas gratias agere,id. Att. 14, 13, 5: sed te mirificam in latebram conjecisti,id. Div. 2, 20, 47. Sup., in two forms: mirificissimum facinus,Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 32: mirificentissima potentia, Aug. Civ. Dei, 18, 42 init. Hence, adv.: mīrĭfĭcē, wonderfully, marvellously, extraordinarily, exceedingly (class.): delectari,Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4: dolere,id. Att. 2, 19, 1: diligere,id. N. D. 1, 21, 58: laudare,id. Fam. 3, 11, 3: prodesse,Plin. 31, 8, 44, § 97.
mirimodis mīrĭmŏdīs, adv.mirus-modus; cf. multimodis; v. Lorenz ad Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 98, in an astonishing manner: nimium mirimodis mirabilis,Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 86; Claud. Mam. Stat. Anim. 3, 12.
mirio mīrĭo, ōnis, m.mirus. * A singularly or defectively formed person, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 64 Müll.A wonderer, admirer, Tert. Praescr. 3.
mirmillo mirmillo (murmillo, myrmillo), ōnis, m.μορμύλος, a kind of gladiator that used to fight with a Thracian (Threx), or a net-fighter (retiarius), and wore a Gallic helmet, with the image of a fish for a crest (whence the name): retiario pugnanti adversus mirmillonem cantatur: Non te peto, piscem peto, quid me fugis, Galle? quia mirmillonicum genus armaturae Gallicum est, ipsique mirmillones ante Galli appellabantur, in quorum galeis piscis effigies inerat, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. retiario, p. 284 and 285 Müll.: ille autem ex myrmillone dux, ex gladiatore imperator,Cic. Phil. 3, 12, 31; 5, 7, 20; 6, 4, 10; 6, 7, 13; 12, 8, 20; Quint. 6, 3, 61; Sen. Prov. 4, 4; Suet. Ner. 30; Amm. 16, 12, 49; 23, 6, 83; Inscr. Grut. 334, 3; Inscr. Orell. 25, 66; Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arval. p. 165, 1.
mirmillonicus mirmillōnĭcus (myrm-), a, um, adj.mirmillo, of or belonging to a mirmillo: genus armaturae, of the mirmillones, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. retiario, p. 284 and 285 Müll.; v. mirmillo: myrmillonica scuta dicebant, cum quibus de muro pugnabant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 144, 12.
miro mīro, āre, 1, v. a., to wonder (ante-class. collat. form of miror): quid miras? Varr. ap. Non. 480, 30: aut ambos mira aut noli mirare de eodem,id. ib. 32: si studium mirabis,Pompon. ib. 474, 25 (Com. Rel. v. 108 Rib.).Part.: mīrātus, a, um, in pass. signif. (post-class.): miratā virginis arte,Juvenc. 3, 58.
miror mīror, ātus, 1 (act. collat. form, v. miro), v. dep. a. and n.Sanscr. smi, smile; Gr. μειδάω; cf.: mirus, nimīrum, to wonder or marvel at, to be astonished or amazed at a thing; to admire; constr. with acc., acc. with inf., with quod, si, quā ratione, quid, unde, etc., with de, and poet.; in Greek constr. also aliquem alicujus rei (class.). With acc.: neglegentiam hominis,Cic. Att. 10, 5, 59: illud jam mirari desino, quod ante mirabar,id. de Or. 2, 14, 59: signa, tabulas pictas, vasa caelata,Sall. C. 11, 6: praemia,Verg. G. 3, 49: patrem,
to admire one's self, be in love with one's self, be vain
,Cat. 22, 17. With object-clause: si quis forte miratur, me ad accusandum descendere,Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 1. With quod: mirari se aiebat, quod non rideret haruspex, haruspicem cum vidisset,Cic. Div. 2, 24, 51. With si: idne tu miraris, si patrissat filius?Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 27: miror si, I should wonder, be surprised, if: miror, in illā superbiā et importunitate si quemquam amicum habere potuit,Cic. Lael. 15, 54. (ε) With rel.-clause: ne miremini, quā ratione hic tantum potuerit,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134: ejus rei quae causa esset miratus,Caes. B. G. 1, 32: miror, quid ex Piraeo abierit,Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 59: satis mirari non possum, unde, etc.,Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 95: si quis antea mirabatur, quid esset, quod, etc.,id. Sest. 1. (ζ) With de: de singulari impudentiā,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2, § 6. (η) With cum: ne quis miretur, cum tam clare tonuerit, Pompon. ap. Non. 473, 3 (Com. Rel. v. 4 Rib.). (θ) Poet. in Greek constr. (θαυμάζω τινά τινος), aliquem alicujus rei: (te) justitiaene prius mirer belline laborum,Verg. A. 11, 126.Trop.To have a regard for: familiaritates ... amantium nos amicorum et nostra mirantium,Cic. Off. 2, 8, 30. Of inanim. subjects (poet.): (arbos) miraturque novas frondes et non sua poma,Verg. G. 2, 82. Hence, mīran-dus, a, um, P. a., wonderful, strange, singular (class.): in mirandam altitudinem depressum,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 68: mirandum in modum,
mirus mīrus, a, um, adj.Sanscr. smi; v. miror, wonderful, marvellous, astonishing, extraordinary (class.): mirum et magnum facinus,Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 97: mirum me desiderium tenet urbis,Cic. Fam. 2, 11, 11: miris modis odisse aliquem,
,Caes. B. G. 1, 41: sibi mirum videri, quid in suā Galliā populo Romano negotii esset,id. ib. 1, 34. With a foll. si: minime mirum, si ista res, etc.,Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 55: quid mirum in senibus, si infirmi sunt aliquando?id. Sen. 11, 35: mirum quam or quantum, it is wonderful how, how very, how much, i. e. extraordinarily, exceedingly: mirum quam inimicus ibat, ut ego objurgarem,Cic. Att. 15, 40: id, mirum quantum profuit ad concordiam civitatis,Liv. 2, 1; so, mirum ut: mirum dictu, ut sit omnis Sarmatarum virtus velut extra ipsos,Tac. H. 1, 79: mirum ni or nisi, it would be wonderful, I should wonder, I am very much mistaken, if not, i. e. most probably, undoubtedly, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 43: mira sunt, nisi invitavit sese in cena plusculum,id. Am. 1, 1, 127: mira sunt ni Pseudulust,id. Ps. 4, 7, 118; id. Trin. 4, 2, 19 Brix ad loc.: socer, et medicus me insanire aiebant: quid sit, mira sunt,
I wonder what it means, it is incomprehensible to me
,id. Men. 5, 7, 56: mirum ni or quin, undoubtedly, certainly: quid ploras pater? Mirum ni cantem: condemnatus sum, I wonder I don't sing, of course I ought to sing, Naev. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 278: mirum, quin ab avo ejus, aut proavo acciperem,Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 125: mirum quin te advorsus dicat,id. Am. 2, 2, 118: quid mirum?
what wonder?
Ov. A. A. 3, 110. Comp., only ante-class.: mirior inquam tibi videor, Titin. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.: quid hoc mirius? Varr. ap. Non. 135, 29. Subst.: mīra, ōrum, n., wonders, marvels: nimia mira memoras,Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 57: septem mira,
Misagenes Mīsăgĕnes, is, m., a son of Masinissa, Liv. 42, 29; 62 sq.
Misargyrides Mīsargyrĭdes, ae, m., = μισαργυρια, money-hater, a name comically formed by Plautus to signify usurer, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 41.
miscellaneus miscellānĕus (miscill-), a, um, adj.miscellus, mixed, miscellaneous (postAug.): turba,
of all sorts
,App. M. 3, p. 129 fin.Subst.: miscellānĕa, ōrum, n.A hash of different sorts of broken meat, a gallimaufry, hodge-podge, the coarse diet of gladiators, Juv. 11, 20.A writing on miscellaneous subjects: Miscellanea Ptolemaei,Tert. adv. Val. 12.
miscelliones miscellĭōnesappellantur, qui non certae sunt sententiae, sed variorum mixtorumque judiciorum sunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.
miscellus miscellus (miscillus, Mart. Cap. 9, § 997), a, um, adj.misceo, mixed (anteclass. and post-Aug.): uvae,Cato, R. R. 23: genus (i. e. of tame and wild pigeons),Varr. R. R. 3, 7: ludi,
composed of games of several kinds
,Suet. Calig. 20: aes, a brazen tablet on which were inscribed the names of soldiers who had served out their time and to whom lands were assigned, and of those who succeeded to the place of others deceased, Sicul. Fl. de Condit. Agror. p. 23 Goes.; Mart. Cap. 9, § 913; § 997 Kopp ad loc.
misceo miscĕo, miscŭi, mixtum (mistum is found in many MSS. and edd., but is probably a corruption of copyists, representing the weakened sound of x in later times; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 556), 2, v. a.root mik-, mig-; Sanscr. micras, mixed; Gr. μίσγω, μίγνυμι; cf. miscellus, to mix, mingle, to intermingle, blend (for the difference between this word and temperare, v. below, II. A.; cf. confundo). Lit. In gen.; with abl.: (sortes) pueri manu miscentur,Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86: toxicum antidoto,Phaedr. 1, 14, 8: mella Falerno,Hor. S. 2, 4, 24: vina Surrentina faece Falernā,id. ib. 2, 4, 55: pabula sale,Col. 6, 4: nectare aquas,Ov. H. 16, 198. With dat.: dulce amarumque mihi,Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 61: fletum cruori,Ov. M. 4, 140; Col. 7, 5: inter curalium virides miscere smaragdos,Lucr. 2, 805: cumque meis lacrimis miscuit usque suas,Ov. P. 1, 9, 20. In partic. To join one's self to, have carnal intercourse with one: corpus cum aliquā,Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60. With dat.: sic se tibi misceat,Ov. M. 13, 866: cum aliquo misceri in Venerem,App. M. 9, p. 228, 16: sanguinem et genus,
,Verg. A. 12, 720. Of storms, to throw into confusion, to disturb, confound, embroil (poet.): caelum terramque,Verg. A. 1, 134: magno misceri murmure pontum,id. ib. 1, 124: miscent se maria,id. ib. 9, 714. Hence, of persons, to raise a great commotion, make a prodigious disturbance, to move heaven and earth: caelum ac terras,Liv. 4, 3, 6: quis caelum terris non misceat et mare caelo,Juv. 2, 25; cf.: mare caelo confundere,id. 6, 282. Trop. In gen., to mix, mingle, unite, etc.: dulce amarumque una nunc misces mihi,Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 63: miscent inter sese inimicitiam agitantes, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 275 Vahl.): animum alicujus cum suo miscere,Cic. Lael. 21, 81: gravitate mixtus lepos,id. Rep. 2, 1, 1: misce Ergo aliquid de nostris moribus,Juv. 14, 322: ex dissimillimis rebus misceri et temperari,Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119; cf., joined with temperare,id. Or. 58, 197; also opp. to temperare, since miscere signifies merely to mix, but temperare to mix in due proportion: haec ita mixta fuerunt, ut temperata nullo fuerint modo,Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 42. In partic. To share with, impart to another; to take part in, share in a thing (rare and perhaps not ante-Aug.): cum amico omnes curas, omnes cogitationes tuas misce,
misellus mĭsellus, a, um, adj. dim. [miser], poor, wretched, unfortunate (rare, and with Cic. only in the epistolary style): homo,Cic. Att. 3, 23, 6; id. Fam. 14, 4, 3: o miselle passer,Cat. 3, 16. As subst.: mĭsellus, i, m., a wretch, miserable fellow, Juv. 13, 213. Esp., applied to the dead: cum alicujus defuncti recordaris, misellum vocas eum,Tert. Test. Anim. 4; Petr. 65. Of inanim. and abstr. things: redactus sum usque ad hoc misellum pallium,Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 65: spes,Lucr. 4, 1096.
Misenum Mīsēnum, i, n., = Μισηνόν, a promontory, town, and harbor in Campania, now Punta di Miseno, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 60; id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; Plin. Ep. 6, 20; Suet. Aug. 49; Tac. A. 4, 5; 14, 13; cf.: Misenum promontorium a Miseno tubicine Aeneae ibi sepulto est appellatum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.; also called Promontorium Misenum,Tac. A. 14, 4; and Miseni,Liv. 24, 13, 6; and poet. in the plur.: Mīsēna, ōrum, Prop. 1, 11, 4. Hence, Mīsēnus, i, m. In fable, son of Æolus, a trumpeter of Æneas, buried at the promontory of Misenum, whence it received its name, Verg. A. 6, 162 sq.; Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 3; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll. For Misenum; v. above.Mī-sēnensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Misenum: villa,Phaedr. 2, 5, 8: classis,Tac. H. 3, 57.Mīsēnātes, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Misenum, Veg. Mil. 4, 31.Mīsēnus, i, m. (sc. mons), the promontory of Misenum: (mons) qui nunc Misenus ab illo dicitur,Verg. A. 6, 234.
miser mĭser, ĕra, ĕrum, adj.prob. Sanscr. root mi-; cf. minuo; akin to Gr. μῖσος; Lat. maestus, maereo, wretched, unfortunate, miserable, pitiable, lamentable, etc. (cf.: infelix, calamitosus). Of persons: nihil est tam miserabile, quam ex beato miser,Cic. Part. Or. 17, 57: homo miser, et infortunatus,Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 20: miser atque infelix,Cic. Quint. 30, 94: urgeris multis miser undique curis,Lucr. 3, 1051: o multo miserior Dolabella, quam ille, quem tu miserrimum esse voluisti,Cic. Phil. 11, 4, 8: miser, infelix, aerumnosus,id. Par. 2, 1, 16: miserrimum habere aliquem,
miserator mĭsĕrātor, ōris, m.id., one who pities, a commiserator (post-class.), Tert. adv. Marc. 5, 11; Juvenc. 2, 295; Vulg. Psa. 85, 15.
misere mĭsĕrē, adv., v. miser fin. 1.
misereo mĭsĕrĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. n. and mĭsĕ-rĕor, ĭtus, 2 (inf. pres. misererier, Lucr. 5, 1023; ante- and post-class. part. perf. misertus for miseritus, Scip. Afric. ap. Macr. S. 2, 10; Hyg. Fab. 58), v. dep.miser, to feel pity, have compassion, to pity, compassionate, commiserate. In the verb. finit. (in the act. form only ante-class.). Form misereo: piaculumst miserere nos hominum rem male gerentum,Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 13: miserete anuis, Enn. ap. Non. 474, 30 (Trag. v. 232 Vahl.): cogebant hostes, ut misererent, id. ap. Prisc. p. 824 P.: ipse sui miseret,Lucr. 3, 881. Form misereor (class.): miseremini sociorum,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 28, § 72: postulat, ut sui misereantur,Auct. Her. 1, 14, 24: miserere temporis, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 1: nescio qui nostri miseritus tandem deus, Afran. ap. Gell. 20, 6, 5: deos miseritos nominis Romani,Liv. 27, 33 fin.: cum misereri mei debent,Cic. Att. 4, 5, 2: laborum tantorum,Verg. A. 2, 143: miserere mei, miserere meorum,Ov. H. 12, 81: miserere inopum sociorum,Juv. 8, 89. With dat.: cui Venus postea miserta est,Hyg. Fab. 58; Diom. p. 294 P. With acc. (dub.): tot miserere animas,Grat. Cyneg. 440 (al. miserare). Impers. pass.: ut supplicum misereatur,
that we should feel pity for suppliants
,Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 48.Impers.: miseret and (less freq.) miseretur me alicujus and alicujus rei, it distresses me, I feel pity or compassion for a person or thing. Form miseret: miseret me eādem formā dicitur, quā piget, poenitet, taedet, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.: tui me miseret, mei piget, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66 (Trag. v. 82 Vahl.); cf.: quos non miseret neminis, id. ap. Fest. p. 162 Müll. (Trag. v. 174 ib.): miseret et aliorum, tui te nec miseret nec pudet,Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 30: eorum nos miseret,Cic. Mil. 34, 92: neque te mei tergi misereret, si, etc.,Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 25: nilne te miseret,id. ib. 1, 3, 74. Form miseretur, miseritum (misertum) est: patris me miseretur, Turp. ap. Non. 477, 15: neque me minus vestri quam mei miserebitur, L. Crassus ap. Prisc. p. 824: quando te nostrum et reipublicae miserebitur? Quadrig. ap. Gell. 20, 6, 11: cave te fratrum pro fratris salute obsecrantium misereatur,Cic. Lig. 5, 14, acc. to Prisc. p. 797 P. (Klotz, misereat): neque metui, neque tuorum liberum misereri potest,id. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 77 Zumpt N. cr.: me ejus miseritum'st,Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 29: quo me reipublicae maxime misertum est, Scip. Afric. ap. Macr. S. 2, 10. With gen.: miseretur tui, Pac. ap. Non. 477, 16.
misereor mĭsĕrĕor, ĭtus, 2, v. misereo.
miseresco mĭsĕresco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [misereo]. To feel pity, have compassion (only poet.): his lacrimis vitam damus et miserescimus ultro,Verg. A. 2, 145: miserescite regis,id. ib. 8, 573: generis miseresce tui,Stat. Th. 1, 280.Impers.: miserescit me alicu jus, it distresses me, I feel pity, take compassion (cf. miseret, under misereo, II.): inopis nunc te miserescat mei,Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 3. I. q. miserum fieri, to become wretched, miserable: sed quid est homini miseriarum, quo miserescat miser ex animo,Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 1.
miseret mĭsĕret, v. misereo, II.
miseretur mĭsĕrētur, v. misereo, II.
miserevivium mĭsĕrĕvīvĭum, ii, n., a plant, also called proserpinaca, App. Herb. 18.
miseria mĭsĕrĭa, ae, f.miser, wretchedness, unhappy condition, misfortune, misery; affliction, distress, etc. Lit. (Class.) Nam invidere alii bene esse, tibi male esse, miseriast, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 31: Proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeaï miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. v. 292 Vahl.): quibus servitutem meā miseriā deprecor, id. ap. Non. 290, 19 (Trag. v. 173 ib.): miserias voluptate sedare,Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 93: ubi virtus est, ibi esse miseria et aerumna non potest,Cic. Fin. 5, 32, 95: in miserias incidere,id. Phil. 2, 10, 24: de miseriis in quibus versamur,id. Fam. 7, 3, 1: in miseriā esse,id. Fin. 3, 14, 48: oneri miseriaeque esse,Sall. C. 10, 2.Trouble, fatigue, irksomeness: miseriam capere,Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 22: nimiae miseriae est,
is too irksome
,Quint. 1, 8, 18: nimia est miseria nimis pulchrum esse hominem,Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 68: ne (Stoici) omnia superstitiosā sollicitudine et miseriā crederent,
,Salv. adv. Avar. 2, 1.Transf., a condition to excite compassion, wretchedness, misery: quantum misericordiae nobis tuae preces et tua salus allatura sit,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 8. Personified: Mĭ-sĕrĭcordĭa, the goddess Mercy or Compassion, App. M. 1, p. 263, 38; cf. Quint. 5, 11, 38; Claud. B. Gild. 404.
misericorditer mĭsĕrĭcordĭter, adv., v. misericors fin.
misericors mĭsĕrĭcors, cordis, adj.misereo-cor, tender-hearted, pitiful, compassionate, merciful (class.). Of persons and things: credc misericors est,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 141: misericordem se praebere,Cic. Caecin. 10, 26: misericors et mansuetus,Auct. Her. 2, 17, 25: misericordem esse in aliquem,Cic. Lig. 5, 15; Curt. 9, 6, 12; Sen. Contr. 3, 23, 1: sint misericordes in furibus aerarii,Sall. C. 52, 12: animus,Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 106: Dominus est,Vulg. Jacob. 5, 11: (Deus) miseretur ei, quem viderit misericordem,Lact. Div. Just. Epit. 5. Comp.: misericordior nulla est me feminarum,Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 23: in illā gravi L. Sullae turbulentāque victoriā quis P. Sulla mitior, quis misericordior inventus est?Cic. Sull. 26, 72. Sup.: quando misericordissimus exstitisset,Aug. Ep. 48: canes misericordissimi,Sid. Ep. 8, 6.Mean, pitiful, contemptible: qui autem natura dicuntur iracundi aut misericordes aut invidi aut tale quid,Cic. Tusc. 4, 37, 80. Hence, adv.: mĭsĕrĭcordĭter, tenderheartedly, pitifully, compassionately, mercifully (ante- and post-class.): crudeliter illi, nos misericorditer, Quadrig. ap. Non. 510, 20; Lact. 6, 18, 9; Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 31; 5, 23. Comp.: misericordius,Aug. Doctr. Chr. 1, 16. Sup.: misericordissime,Aug. Ep. 149.
miserimonium mĭsĕrĭmōnĭum (-mūnĭum), ii, n.miser, wretchedness, misery (ante-class. for misera), Laber. ap. Non. 214, 20.
miseriter mĭsĕrĭter, adv., v. miser fin. 2.
miseritudo mĭsĕrĭtūdo, ĭnis, f.miser. * For miseria, wretchedness, misery, Att. ap. Non. 136, 18 (Trag. Rel. v. 185 Rib.). For miseratio, pity, compassion, Att. ap. Non. 136, 20 (Trag. Rel. v. 79 Rib.).
miseritus mĭsĕrĭtus and mĭsertus, Part., from misereor, v. misereo.
misero mĭsĕro, āre, 1, v., act. collat. form of miseror (ante-class.): ut miserarent mala, Att. ap. Non. 470, 23 (Trag. Rel. v. 195 Rib.).
miseror mĭsĕror, ātus, 1, v. dep. (act. collat. form, v misero) [miser]. To lament, bewail, deplore: miseratur is, qui conqueritur aliena incommoda: miseretur is, qui miserum sublevat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll. (class.): quis illaec est mulier, quae ipsa se miseratur?Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 6: communem condicionem miserari,Cic. Mur. 27, 55: sortemque animo miseratus iniquam,Verg. A. 6, 332. Of a lamenting speech: eos miserando casum suum confirmat,Sall. J. 23, 2: casum alicujus miseratus,Tac. A. 3, 17: haec copiose miseratus est,Gell. 10, 3, 14.To have or feel compassion, to pity, compassionate: (Acestes) ab humo miserans attollit amicum,Verg. A. 5, 452; id. G. 2, 499: juvenem animi miserata,
pitying in her heart
,id. A. 10, 686: hostibus ipsis pallorem miserantibus,Juv. 15, 101. With gen. (poet.): te conmiserabam magis, quam miserabar mei, Att. ap. Non. 445, 12 (Trag. Rel. v. 355 Rib.): eorum, Min. Fel. Oct. 28: poenae juvenem indignae miseratus,Sil. 11, 381. With dat.: servis miseratus, Coripp. Laud. Just. 2, 402. Hence, mĭsĕrandus, a, um, P. a., lamentable, deplorable, pitiable (class.). Of persons: ut aliis miserandus, aliis irridendus esse videatur,Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 169; Verg. A. 5, 509; 6, 882; Ov. M. 1, 359; 6, 276; 9, 178; 11, 704. Of things: haec mihi videntur misera atque miseranda,Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 12: manus Priamo,Verg. A. 11, 259: fortuna,Sall. J. 14, 7: miserandum in modum,
,Plin. 8, 35, 53, § 125.Subst.missĭle, is, n., a missile weapon, missile, a javelin: missilibus Lacedaemonii pugnabant,Liv. 34, 39; in plur.: missilibus lacessere,Verg. A. 10, 716: pellere missilibus,id. ib. 9, 520; 10, 802; in sing., Luc. 7, 485.missĭlĭa, ĭum, n., or res missiles, presents thrown by the emperors among the people: sparsa et populo missilia omnium rerum,Suet. Ner. 11; cf.: jocandi licentia diripiendi pomorum, et obsoniorum rerumque missilium,id. Aug. 98.Trop.: ad haec, quae a fortunā sparguntur, sinum expandit et sollicitus missilia ejus exspectat,Sen. Ep. 74, 6.
missio missĭo, ōnis, f.id.. In gen., a letting go, sending away, a sending, despatching; a throwing, hurling (class.): litterarum,Cic. Att. 1, 5, 3: legatorum,id. Phil. 7, 1, 1: extra telorum missionem,
,Cels. 2, 10 fin.; Suet. Calig. 29. In partic. A release from captivity, setting at liberty, liberation: munus pro missione dare,Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 114: si filius familias post missionem faciat testimentum,Gai. Inst. 2, 106.A discharge from service (of soldiers, office-holders, gladiators, etc.), a dismission (syn. exauctoratio): praemium missionis ferre,Caes. B. C. 1, 86: quibus (militibus) senatus missionem reditumque in patriam negāsset ante belli finem. Liv. 26, 1: exercitum purgare missionibus turbulentorum hominum,id. 7, 39; cf.: missionum generales causae sunt tres: honesta, causaria, ignominiosa. Honesta est, quae tempore militiae impleto datur: causaria cum quis vitio animi vel corporis minus idoneus militiae renunciatur; ignominiosa causa est, cum quis propter delictum sacramento solvitur,Dig. 49, 16, 13: gratiosa ante emerita stipendia,
a discharge obtained by favor
,Liv. 43, 14, 9: nondum justa,id. 43, 14, 15. Of a quaestor, Suet. Caes. 7. Esp., of gladiators, release, respite, quarter: cum Myrino peteretur missio laeso, Mart. 12, 29, 7: non enim servavit is, qui non interfecit, nec beneficium dedit, sed missionem,Sen. Ben. 2, 20, 3. Hence, sine missione, without favor, without quarter, to the death, Liv. 41, 20, 12. Trop.: quid prodest, paucos dies aut annos lucrificare? sine missione nascimur,
,Flor. 3, 20, 4.A cessation, termination, end: ante ludorum missionem,Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 8.Remission from punishment: missionem puero dedit, qs. let him go, Petr. 52. In jurid. lang., a delivering up, giving possession: missio in aedes,Dig. 39, 2, 15, § 12.
missitius missītĭus, a, um, v. missicius.
missito missĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a.mitto, to send repeatedly, to send (not in Cic. or Cæs.): supplicantes legatos,Sall. J. 38, 1: auxilia,Liv. 9, 45, 5: litteras,Front. de Eloq. p. 234 Mai.: codicillos missitatos,Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 12.
missor missor, ōris, m.id., one who sends, throws, or shoots, an archer (very rare): hic missore vacans fulgens jacet una sagitta (al.: hic misso revocans),Cic. Arat. 84.
Missor Missor, a Roman surname, Inscr. Fabr. 365, 111.
missorium missōrĭum, ii, n.id., a dish, charger, for serving up food (post-class.): aurata missoria, Ven. Vit. S. Germ. 13; cf.: lances, missoria, Gloss. Isid.
missum missum, i, n.id., a prize: ἆθλον, missum, Gloss. Gr. Lat.; also called mis-sārĭum, i, n., Schol. Juv. 8, 227.
missus missus, a, um, Part., from mitto.
missus missus, ūs, m.mitto, a sending away, a sending, despatching. Lit. missu Caesaris ad Ambiorigem ventitare consueverat, Caes. B. G. 5, 27: duas venisse legiones missu Caesaris,id. ib. 6, 7: Archippi regis missu,Verg. A. 7, 752: quae valido venit contorta falarica missu, Enn. ap. Non. 555, 15 (Ann. v. 534 Vahl.).A throwing, hurling, launching: pilum, haud paulo quam hasta vehementius ictu missuque telum,Liv. 9, 19, 7 Weissenb. ad loc.: telorum, Auct. B. Hisp. 17, 3; 31, 1.Transf.A cast, a shot: vix absunt nobis missus bis mille sagittae,Lucr. 4, 408. In the public games, a course, a round, a heat: spectaculum multiplicatis missibus in serum produxit,Suet. Ner. 22; id. Dom. 4: unus est missus qui ordinarius dicitur, Schol. Juv. 11, 193. At table, a course: novem libras carnis per tres missus ponebat,Capitol. Pert. 12; Lampr. Heliog. 30.
mistarius mistārĭus or mixtārĭus, ii, m.misceo, a vessel in which wine was mixed with water, a mixing-vessel, Lucil. ap. Non. 546, 30.
misticius mistīcĭus (mixtīcĭus) or -tĭus, a, um, adj.id., of mixed race, mongrel, born of parents of different nations; a transl. of the Gr. σύμμικτος (eccl. Lat.), Hier. 5, in Jer. 25, 19.
mistim mistim or mixtim, adv.mistus, mixedly, Lucr. 3, 566.
mistio mistĭo (mix-), ōnis, f.misceo, a mixing (post-Aug.): aliam mixtionem habet genus avium,Vitr. 1, 4, 7; plur., id. 1, 4, 6; 11. Transf., concr., a mixture, Pall. 1, 34, 5; 12, 7, 1.
mistura mistūra (mix-), ae, f.id., a mixing, mingling (ante-class. and post-Aug.). Lit.: mistura immoderata, Varr. ap. Non. 490, 28: rerum,Lucr. 2, 978: unguentorum,Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 4. In partic., carnal intercourse, copulation, with or without Veneris: externae Veneris mistura,Luc. 9, 899: cum fero,Plin. 8, 53, 79, § 213.Transf., concr., a mixture, compound: eā misturā os perfricatur,Col. 7, 5, 22: vas suppletur,id. 12, 10, 2; 12, 57, 1.Trop., a mixing, mingling: vitiorum atque virtutum,Suet. Dom. 3: raram facit mixturam cum sapientiā forma,
mitella mĭtella, ae, f.dim.mitra, a headband, a kind of turban. Lit.: nobiles adulescentes Neapoli cum mitellā saepe vidimus,Cic. Rab. Post. 10, 26 (dub.): copa Syrisca caput Graia redimita mitella,Verg. Cop. 1: mitellā textili contecto capite,App. M. 7, p. 147: mitellis et crocotis et carbasinis et bombycinis injecti,id. ib. 8, p. 214, 5.Transf., a bandage for the arm, Cels. 8, 10, 3.
mitellita mĭtellīta or mĭtellĭca, false reading for mellita, Suet. Ner. 27.
mitesco mītesco (mitisco), ĕre, v. inch. n. [mitis], to become mild or mellow, to grow ripe (of fruits, to lose their roughness or harsh flavor; class.). Lit.: nec grandiri frugum fetum posse nec mitescere, Pac. ap. Non. 343, 16 (Trag. Rel. v. 142 Rib.): uvae a sole mitescunt, Cic. Oecon. ap. Gell. 15, 5, 8: mala,Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 51: cornus, arbutus, prunus, piri,
to grow mellow, ripe
,Col. 7, 9: sunt (herbae) quae mitescere flamma, Mollirique queant,Ov. M. 15, 78: ervum,Plin. 22, 25, 73, § 153.Transf., in gen., to grow mild, soft; to grow gentle, tame: offirmatod animo mitescit metus, Pac. ap. Non. 406, 9 (Trag. Rel. v. 293 Rib.): nullum est ingenium tantum neque cor tam ferum, quod non ... mitiscat malo, Att. ap. Non. 473, 6 (Trag. Rel. v. 684 Rib.): caelum mitescere, arbores frondescere, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69: hiems,Liv. 23, 19: annus,Sil. 15, 505: frigora,Hor. C. 4, 7, 9: Alpium juga,Plin. 3, 25, 28, § 147: ferae quaedam numquam mitescunt,Liv. 33, 45. Trop., to grow mild, gentle: nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitescere possit,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 39.
Mithras Mĭthras and Mĭthres, ae, m., = Μίθρας. The sun-god of the Persians, Stat. Th. 1, 717; Curt. 4, 13, 12; Mart. Cap. 2, § 191; Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 63.The proper name of a priest of Isis, App. M. 11, p. 267, 35.A Roman surname, Inscr. Fab. p. 384, 38. Hence, Mithrĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Mithras (post-class.): sacra,Lampr. Commod. 9.
mithrax mithrax or mitrax, ācis, m., = μίθραξ, a Persian precious stone, Plin. 37, 10, 63, § 173; also called mithridax, Sol. 37.
Mithridates Mĭthrĭdātes, is (dat. -dati, Gell. 15, 1, 6), m., = Μιθριδάτης. Mithridates the Great, king of Pontus, who waged war with the Romans, was at last conquered by Pompey, and stabbed himself, Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 3; id. Mur. 15, 32 sq.; id. Agr. 2, 19, 52; id. Fl. 24, 57; 25, 59 sq.; Plin. 25, 2, 3, § 5; Val. Max. 1, 8 ext. 13; 3, 7, 8. He eārly fortified himself against poison by taking antidotes; hence, profecit poto Mithridates saepe veneno, Toxica ne possent saeva nocere sibi,Mart. 5, 76 (cf.: antidotum Mithridatium,Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 24); Cels. 5, 23, 3; Juv. 14, 252.A witness against Flaccus, Cic. Fl. 17, 41.A king of Pergamos, a friend of Cæsar, Auct. B. Alex. 26.Surnamed Euergetes, an ally of the Romans against Carthage, Just. 37.The fifth king of the Parthians, the most powerful of all the Parthian kings, Just. 41.The eighth king of the Parthians, Just. 42, 2.A king of Armenia, Tac. A. 11, 8 sq.; 12, 45 sq. Hence, Mĭthrĭ-dātēus, a, um, adj. (Mĭthradātīum, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 24; Scrib. 194), of or belonging to a Mithridates (poet.): nomina,Ov. M. 15, 755: vultus,Manil. 5, 515: herba,Plin. 25, 6, 26, § 62: antidotus celebratissima quae Mithridatios vocatur,Gell. 17, 16, 6. Subst.: Mĭthrĭdātīum, ii, n., an antidote, Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 1, 12.Mĭ-thrĭdātĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mithridates, Mithridatic (class.): bellum,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7 (v. Mithridates, I.): victoria,
mitifico mītĭfĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.mitis-facio, to make mild or mellow, to mature, ripen; to make tame, to tame (mostly postAug. for the class. mitigo, q. v.). Lit.: in omne corpus diviso et mitigato cibo, well digested, distributed as nutriment (al. modificatus), Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57 Orell. N. cr.: nocte sidus tepido fulgore mitificat (marinas locustas),Plin. 9, 31, 50, § 96: elephantos,
mitigatio mītĭgātĭo, ōnis, f.mitigo, a soothing, mitigating, mitigation (rare but class.), Cic. de Or. 3, 30, 118: multis mitigationibus lenire,Auct. Her. 4, 37, 49: quae non indiget mitigationis,id. ib. 4, 37, 50: si est lingua curationis, est et mitigationis,Vulg. Sir. 36, 25.
mitigo mītĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.mitis-ago, to make mild, soft, or tender, make ripe or mellow; to make tame, to tame (class.). Lit.: cum aestivā maturitate alia mitigaverit, alia torruerit,Cic. Rep. 4, 1, 6 (cited ap. Non. 343, 21): mitiget auctumnus, quod maturaverit aestas,Aus. Idyll. 8: cibum, to make soft or tender, to soften by boiling or roasting, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151. Comically: misero mihi mitigabat sandalio caput, mellowed, broke, Turp. ap. Non. l. l.: hic, qui dura sedens porrecto saxa leone Mitigat,i. e.
makes soft for sitting on by spreading over them a lion's skin
mitilo mĭtĭlo, 1, v. n., to cry like the acredula: acredula tunc mitilans (al. trutilans, truculans), Auct. Carm. Philom. 16.
mitis mītis, e, adj.etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. mith-, to associate; Lat. mutuus, mild, mellow, mature, ripe; of the soil, mellow, light, kindly, fruitful; of a river, calm, gentle, placid (class.; syn.: lenis, placidus, comis). Lit.: sunt nobis mitia poma,Verg. E. 1, 81: uva,id. G. 1, 448: Bacchus (i. e. vinum),
,Sil. 16, 120.Trop., mild, soft, gentle. In gen.: nihil tam vidi mite, nihil tam placatum, quam tum meus frater erat in sororem tuam,Cic. Att. 5, 1, 3: mitis tranquillusque homo,Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 2: homo mitissimus atque lenissimus,Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 10: ex feris et immanibus, mites reddidit et mansuetos,id. Inv. 1, 2, 2. Poet., with acc., in respect of: nec Mauris animum mitior anguibus,Hor. C. 3, 10, 18. With dat.: mites hostibus,Ov. P. 2, 1, 48: poenitentiae mitior,
mitiusculus mītĭuscŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [mitior], rather mild, mildish (post-class.): febres, Cael. Aur. Acut. praef. § 18.
mitra mī^tra, ae, f., = μίτρα. A headband, coif, turban of the Asiatics; in Greece and Rome worn only by women, except occasionally by effeminate young men: P. Clodius a crocotā, a mitrā ... est factus repente popularis,Cic. Har. Resp. 21, 44; Plin. 35, 9, 35, § 58: picta lupa barbara mitra,Juv. 3, 66. Also worn by Bacchus, Prop. 4, 2, 31.A rope (late Lat.), Tert. Carm. de Jona et Ninive, 42; cf. Isid. 19, 4, 6.
mitrula mitrŭla, ae, f.dim.id., a little headband, band, bandage (post-class.): alba mitrula,Sol. 27, 51.
mittendarius mittendārĭus, ii, m.mitto, a public officer who was sent into the provinces to collect the taxes (post-class.): e numero mittendariorum, Impp. Gratian. Valent. et Theod. Cod. Th. 6, 30, 2; ib. 8 and 9.
,Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 5: ad collegam mittit, opus esse exercitu,Liv. 24, 19, 3: Publilius duo milia militum recepta miserat,id. 8, 23, 1: Dexagoridas miserat ad legatum Romanum traditurum se urbem,id. 34, 29, 9: statim Athenas mittit se cum exercitu venturum,Just. 5, 3, 7. Missum facere is also used for mittere, to send: ut cohortis ad me missum facias, Pompei. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, B, 2: aliquem morti,
,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 65: sub jugum mittere, to send or cause to go under the yoke, Caes. B. G. 1, 7: sub jugo,Liv. 3, 28 fin. In partic. To send word, announce, tell, report any thing to any one: ut mihi vadimonia dilata et Chresti conpilationem mitteres,Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1: Curio misi, ut medico honos haberetur,id. ib. 16, 9, 3: mitti ad principes placuit, ut secernerent se ab Etruscis,Liv. 6, 10, 2: hodie Spintherem exspecto: misit enim Brutus ad me,Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3: salutem alicui,
to send greeting to, to greet one
,Ov. Tr. 5, 13, 1: ita existimes velim, me antelaturum fuisse, si ad me misisses, voluntatem tuam commodo meo,i. e.
if you had sent to me for aid, applied to me
,Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 1.To send as a compliment, to dedicate to any one, of a book or poem: liber Antiochi, qui ab eo ad Balbum missus est,Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 16: hunc librum de Senectute ad te misimus,id. Sen. 1, 3.To send, yield, produce, furnish, export any thing (as the product of a country): India mittit ebur, molles sua tura Sabaei,Verg. G. 1, 57: (Padus) electra nuribus mittit gestanda Latinis,Ov. M. 2, 366; cf.: quos frigida misit Nursia,Verg. A. 7, 715: hordea, quae Libyci ratibus misere coloni,Ov. Med. Fac. 53: quas mittit dives Panchaia merces,Tib. 3, 2, 23; Ov. A. A. 3, 213; id. Am. 1, 12, 10.To dismiss a thing from the mind: maestumque timorem Mittite,Verg. A. 1, 203: mittere ac finire odium,Liv. 40, 46: leves spes,Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 8: missam iram facere,Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 14.To put an end to, end: certamen,Verg. A. 5, 286. Esp. in speaking, etc., to pass over, omit, to give over, cease, forbear (cf.: praetermitto, praetereo, relinquo): quin tu istas mittis tricas?Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 45: mitto proelia, praetereo oppugnationes oppidorum,
,Nep. Eum. 11: eum missum feci, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, G, 2: nec locupletare amicos umquam suos destitit, mittere in negotium,
to set up in business
,Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4: sub titulum lares, to put a bill on one's house, i. e. to offer it for sale or to be let, Ov. R. Am. 302: in consilium, to let the judges go and consult, i. e. to send the judges to make out their verdict, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 26: sues in hostes,
to set upon
,Lucr. 5, 1309: se in aliquem, to fall upon, assail, attack: vota enim faceretis, ut in eos se potius mitteret, quam in vestras possessiones,Cic. Mil. 28, 76 (B. and K. immitteret): se in foedera,
,Suet. Caes. 69: remotis, sive omnino missis lictoribus,Cic. Att. 9, 1, 3: Lolliam Paulinam conjunxit sibi, brevique missam fecit,
put her away
,Suet. Calig. 25; Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 70.To let or bring out, to put forth, send out, emit: sanguinem incisā venā, to let blood, to bleed, Cels. 2, 10: sanguinem alicui,id. ib.; Petr. 91. Trop.: mittere sanguinem provinciae, to bleed, i. e. drain, exhaust, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 2; cf.: missus est sanguis invidiae sine dolore,id. ib. 1, 16, 11: radices,
,Liv. 35, 32: flens diu vocem non misit,id. 3, 50, 4: adeo res miraculo fuit, ut unus ex barbaris miserit vocem, etc.,Flor. 4, 10, 7: repente vocem sancta misit Religio,Phaedr. 4, 11, 4: nec labra moves, cum mittere vocem debueras,Juv. 13, 114: haec Scipionis oratio ex ipsius ore Pompeii mitti videbatur,Caes. B. C. 1, 2: Afranios sui timoris signa misisse,
,Sen. Ira, 2, 2: pira in vasculo,Pall. 3, 25, 11: fert missos Vestae pura patella cibos,Ov. F. 6, 310: accidere in mensas ut rosa missa solet,
which one has let fall
,id. ib. 5, 360. = πέμπειν, to attend, guide, escort: alias (animas) sub Tartara tristia mittit (Mercurius),Verg. A. 4, 243; cf.: sic denique victor Trinacriā fines Italos mittēre relictā,id. ib. 3, 440. Hence, P. a.: Missus, a, um; as subst.: Missus, i, m., he that is sent, the messenger or ambassador of God, i. e. Christ, Arn. 2, 73; Isid. 7, 2, 35.
Mitys Mitys, -yos or -yis, m., a river of Macedonia, Liv. 44, 7.
miurus mī^ūrus versus, μίουρος, μείουρος, a hexameter that has at the end an iambus instead of a spondee, Ter. de Metr. p. 2425 P.; Serv. Centim. p. 1824 P.
mius mius, a, um, adj., an old form for meus, Diom. p. 319 P.: v. meus.