mu mu, interj., = μῦ, a slight sound made with the closed lips (ante-class.): neque, ut aiunt, mu facere audent, to mutter, make a muttering, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 101 Müll. (Enn. p. 175, n. 10 Vahl.): nec mu facere audet, Lucil. ap. Charis. p. 213 P.: nec dico nec facio mu, Enn. ap. Don. ad Ter. And. 3, 2, 25 (Enn. p. 175, n. 8 Vahl.; but not in Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 102, v. Ritschl ad h. l.). A sound of lamentation: mul perii hercle: Afer est, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 213 P.
muccedo muccēdo, muccĭdus, muccĭnĭ-um, muccōsus, muccŭlentus, muccus, v. mucedo, etc.
mucedo mūcēdo (muccēdo), ĭnis, f.mucus, mucus of the nose (post-class.), App. Mag. p. 306 dub. (Hildebr. dulcedo).
muceo mūcĕo, ui, 2, v. n.id., to be mouldy, musty (ante-class.): vinum quod neque aceat, neque muceat,Cato, R. R. 148.
mucesco mūcesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [muceo], to become mouldy or musty (post-Aug.): proprium est vino mucescere,Plin. 14, 20, 26, § 131.
muchula muchula, ae, f., the Persian name of the precious stone telicardios, Plin. 37, 10, 68, § 183.
Mucia Mūcĭa, ae, v. Mucius.
Mucianus Mūcĭānus (Mut-), a, um, v. Mucius.
mucidus mūcĭdus (mucc-), a, um, adj.mucus. Mouldy, musty: mucida panis frusta,Juv. 14, 128: vina,Mart. 8, 6, 4.Snivelling: homo es, Qui me emunxisti mucidum,Plaut. Epid. 3, 4, 58: senex,id. Mil. 3, 1, 52.
mucinium mūcĭnĭum (mucc-), ii, n.mucus, a pocket-handkerchief, Arn. 2, 23.
Mucius Mūcĭus, a (Mutius, Lact. 5, 13, 13), the name of a Roman gens. The most celebrated are, C. Mucius Scaevola, who altempted to assassinate Porsena, and, on being apprehended, burned off his right hand, Liv. 2, 12; Cic. Sest. 21, 48; id. Par. 1, 2, 12; Flor. 1, 10; Sen. Ep. 24, 5; 66. 51; Sil. 8, 386; Lact. l. l. Q. Mucius Scaevola, a governor in Asia, Cic. Caecil. 17, 57. Q. Mucius Scaevola, an augur, the husband of Lælia, Cic. Brut. 58, 211; id. Phil. 8, 10, 31. P. Mucius Scaevola, a friend of the Gracchi, and an enemy of the younger Scipio Africanus, Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 31; Pers. 1, 114; Juv. 1, 154. In fem., Mūcĭa, the wife of Cn. Pompeius, afterwards divorced from him, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6; id. Att. 1, 12, 3. Hence, Mūcĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Mucius, Mucian: Mucia prata trans Tiberim, dicta a Mucio, cui a populo data fuerant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll.Subst.: Mūcĭa, ōrum, n. (sc. festa), a festival kept by the Asiatics in commemoration of the good government of Q. Mucius Scaevola, the Mucius festival, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 51. Mūcĭ-ānus (Mut-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Mucius, Mucian: cautio,Dig. 35, 1, 99: satisdatio,ib. 104: exitus, i. e. the death of Q. Mucius Scaevola, who was slain in the temple of Vesta by Damasippus, Cic. Att. 9, 12, 1.
,Col. 12, 4, 4.Mustiness, in wine, vinegar, etc.: mucor (vini),Dig. 18, 6, 4. Also, a moisture which flows from vines, and is injurious to them: mucor, qui maxime vites infestat,Plin. 17, 15, 25, § 116.
mucosus mūcōsus (mucc-), a, um, adj.mucus, slimy, mucous (post-Aug.): cruenta et mucosa ventris proluvies,Col. 1, 7, 1; 6, 7, 1; Paul. ex Fest. p. 158 Müll.: exulceratio,Cels. 5, 28, 15.Transf., = stultus (opp. emunctae naris), Acron. ad Hor. S. 1, 4, 8.
mucro mucro, ōnis, m., a sharp point or edge; esp., the point of a sword, the sword's point (class.; cf.: acies, cuspis). Lit.: mucro falcis,Col. 4, 25, 1: dentis,Plin. 8, 3, 4, § 8: folii,id. 16, 10, 16, § 38: crystalli,id. 37, 2, 9, § 26: cultri,
mucus mūcus (mucc-), i, m.mug, mungo; cf. also Sanscr. muć, solvere, dimittere, snivel, mucus of the nose: mucusque, et mala pituita nasi,Cat. 23, 17; Cels. 4, 18.
mufrius mufrius, ii, m., a term of abuse: mufrius non magister,Petr. 58 fin.
muger mugerdici solet a Castrensium hominibus, quasi mucosus, is, qui talis male ludit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 158, 27 Müll. (cf. Engl. smuggle; Germ. Schmuggel), a false player.
mugil mūgil and mūgĭlis, is, m., a sea-fish; acc. to some, the mullet: mugilum natura ridetur, in metu capite abscondito, totos se occultari credentium,Plin. 9, 17, 26, § 59; 9, 42, 67, § 144; 9, 62, 88, § 185; 10, 70, 89, § 193; 32, 11, 53, § 149. This fish was made use of in punishing adulterers: quosdam moechos et mugilis intrat,Juv. 10, 317; cf. Cat. 15, 19.
Mugillanus Mugillānus, i, m., a Roman surname; as, e. g. Papirius Mugillanus, Liv. 4, 30.
muginor mūgĭnor, āri, v. dep., to dally, trifle, hesitate, delay (rare but class.): muginari est nugari et quasi tarde conari, Paul. ex Fest. p. 147 Müll.: muginamur, Lucil. ap. Non. 139, 6; Att. ib. 139, 7: dum tu muginaris, cepi consilium domesticum,Cic. Att. 16, 12, 1. In the collat. form, mūsĭnor, āri: dum ista (ut ait M. Varro) musinamur. Plin. H. N. prooem. § 18.
mugio mūgĭo, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 4, v. n.Sanscr. root, muǵ, sonare; Gr. μυκάομαι, μύζω, to low, bellow (syn. boo). Lit.: inde cum actae boves mugissent,Liv. 1, 7. Prov.: hic bove percusso mugire Agamemnona credit,Juv. 14, 286. Part. pres. subst.: mugientium Prospectat errantes greges,i. e.
cattle
,Hor. Epod. 2, 11.Transf., of the sound of a trumpet, to bray: Tyrrhenusque tubae mugire per aethera clangor,Verg. A. 8, 526. Of an earthquake, to rumble: sub pedibus mugire solum,id. ib. 6, 256. Of a mast: si mugiat Africis Malus procellis. groans, Hor. C. 3, 29, 57. Of thunder, to roar, crash, peal: mugire tonitrua, rutilare fulgura,Min. Fel. Octav. 5: quasi mugiente litterā M. Quint. 12, 10, 31: at tibi tergeminum mugiet ille sophos, will bellow or cry out to you, σοφῶς, well done! bravo!Mart. 3, 46, 8. Also, to reject with a sound: cruentum mugiit,
spat gore
,Claud. Ruf. 1, 66.
Mugio Mugĭo, ōnis, m., a Roman surname, Inscr. Grut. 339, 5.
Mugionia Mūgĭōnĭa or Mūgōnĭa, ae, or Mūgĭōnis (Mucionis), is, f. (porta), a gate of ancient Rome, which was afterwards within the city: in Palatio Mucionis a mugitu,Varr. L. L. 5, § 164 Müll.: Mugionia porta Romae dicta est a Mugio quodam. Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll.; Sol. 1, 24; cf. Becker's Antiq. 1, p. 109 sq.
mula mūla, ae (abl. plur. mulabus: data et vehicula cum mulabus ac mulionibus,Capitol. Ver. 5; Tert. Uxor. 2, 8; Prisc. p. 733 P.), f.mulus, a she-mule; also, in gen., a mule (used instead of horses for drawing carriages or bearing litters): ex asino et equā mula gignitur,Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 171; Juv. 7, 181. She-mules bear no young, Plin. l. l. § 173. Hence: mulae partus a te prolatus est: res mirabilis propterea, quia non saepe fit,Cic. Div. 2, 22, 49; cf. id. ib. 1, 18, 36: hoc monstrum fetae conparo mulae,Juv. 13, 66. Hence, prov.: cum mula peperit, when a mule foals, i. e. never, Suet. Galb. 4.
mularis mūlāris, e, adj.id., of or belonging to mules (post-Aug.): materies,
mulceo mulcĕo, si, sum (rarely mulctum), 2, v. a.Sanscr. root marc, take hold of; Gr. μάρπτω, μάρπτις; cf. mulco, to stroke; to touch or move lightly (syn. palpo; poet. and in post-Aug. prose). Lit.: manu mulcens barbam,Ov. F. 1, 259: caput,Quint. 11, 3, 158: vitulum,Ov. A. A. 2, 341: colla,id. M. 10, 118: mulcebant Zephyri flores,
mulcetra mulcētra, ae, f., a plant, called also heliotropium, App. Herb. 9.
Mulciber Mulcĭber, ēris and ĕri (gen. sync. Mulcebri, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 10, 23), m.mulceo; he who softens any thing; v.infra, a surname of Vulcan: Mulciber, Vulcanus, a molliendo scilicet ferro dictus: mulcere enim mollire, sive lenire est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll.; Att. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5 (Trag. Rel. v. 558 Rib.): Mulciber, credo, arma fecit,Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 32; Ov. A. A. 2, 562: Mulciber in Trojam, pro Troia stabat Apollo,Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 5: VOLCANO MITI SIVE MVLCIBERO L. VETT.,Inscr. Orell. 1382: VOLCANO MVLOIBERO SACR., Inscr. Rein. cl. 1, n. 265. Transf., fire, Ov. M. 9, 263; 14, 533; Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Mart. Cap. 6, § 576.
mulco mulco (‡ mulcto, Inscr. Grut. 155, 1), āvi, ātum, 1 (mulcassitis, for mulcaveritis, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 8), v. a.Sanscr. root marc, take hold of; of. Gr. μάρπτω, perh. μορφή, to beat, cudgel; to maltreat, handle roughly, injure (class.; syn.: verbero, tundo, pulso). Lit.: ipsum dominum atque omnem famibam Mulcavit usque ad mortem,Ter. Ad 1, 2, 9; Petr. S. 134: aliquem,
mulcta mulcta, mulctātĭcĭus, mulctā-tĭo, mulcto, v. multa, etc.
mulctra mulctra, ae, f.mulgeo, a milkingpail, milk-pail. Lit.: bis venit ad mulctram,Verg. E. 3, 30: e mulctrā recens caseus,Col. 8, 17, 13; cf. mulctrum.Transf., the milk in a milk-pail, Col. 7, 8, 1; cf. mulctrum.
mulctrale mulctrāle, is, v. mulctrarium.
mulctrarium mulctrārĭum, ii (coll. form, mulc-trāle, is, Serv. Verg. E. 3, 30), n.mulgeo, a milking-pail: nivea implebunt mulctraria vaccae,Verg. G. 3, 177 Wagn. N. cr. (Rib. mulctraria; al. multraria, al. mulgaria).
mulctrum mulctrum, i, n.id., a milking-pail: illic injussae veniunt ad mulctra capellae,Hor. Epod. 16, 49; Val. Fl. 6, 145; Calp. Ecl. 3, 66; 4, 25; 5, 33; 9, 36; Prud. Cath. 3, 66: mea,Nemes. Ecl. 2, 35; cf. mulctra.
mulctus mulctus, ūs, m. (only in abl. sing.) [id.], a milking (ante-class.), Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 2.
mulgare mulgāre, is, n.mulgeo, a milkingpail: tepidi mulgaria lactis, Valg. ap. Serv and Philarg. ad Verg. G. 3, 177.
mulgeo mulgĕo, si, sum or ctum, 2, v. a.Sanscr marǵ, wipe or rub away; Gr. ἀ‐μέλγω; Germ. melken; Engl. milk, to milk: oves,Verg. E. 3, 5: capras,Plin. 10, 39, 56, § 115. Absol.: mulgent ad caseum faciendum,Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 4. Prov.: mulgere hircos, of something impossible,Verg. E. 3, 91.
mulicurius mūlicurĭus, ii, m.v. hibrid. from mulus-κουρεύς, a mule-clipper: mulicurius, ἡμιονόκουρος, Gloss. Philox.
muliebrosus mŭlĭē^brōsus, a, um, adj.mulier, fond of women (Plautin.): genus muliebrosum (al. mulierosum),Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 24.
mulier mŭlĭer, ĕris, f.mollior, comp. of mollis, q. v., a woman, a female, whether married or not. Lit. In gen., Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 36: mulieres omnes propter infirmitatem consilii, majores in tutorum potestate esse voluerunt,Cic. Mur. 12, 27; of a virgin,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 25, § 64: mulieres omnes dicuntur, quaecumque sexūs feminini sunt,Dig. 34, 2, 26: nil non permittit mulier sibi,Juv. 6, 457. In partic., a wife, opp. to a maid: ecqua virgo sit aut mulier digna, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63: Cicero objurgantibus, quod sexagenarius Publiliam virginem duxisset, "cras mulier erit" inquit,Quint. 6, 3, 75: si virgo fuit primo, postea mulier,Lact. 1, 17, 8 al.: pudica mulier,Hor. Epod. 2, 39; Suet. Vit. 2; Inscr Orell. 4661.Transf., as a term of reproach, a woman, i. e. a coward, poltroon: non me arbitratur militem, sed mulierem,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 4.
mulierarius mŭlĭĕrārĭus, a, um, adj.mulier, of or belonging to a woman (mostly postclass.). Adj.: manus, the band sent by Clodia, Cic Cael. 28, 66: voluptas, Auct. ap. Trebell. Trig. Tyrann. 6, 7.Subst.: mŭlĭĕrārĭus, ii, m., a lover of women, Cat. 25, 5 (dub.; al munerarios),Capitol. Albin. 11, 7; cf. Isid. 10, 107.
muliercula mŭlĭercŭla, ae, f.dim.id., a little woman, mere woman, girl (class.), Lucr. 4, 1279: qui illo susurro delectari se dicebat aquam ferentis mulierculae,
Mulio Mūlĭo, ōnis, m., a Roman surname, Inscr. Grut. 339, 3.
mulionicus mūlĭōnĭcus or mūlĭōnĭus, a, um, adj.1. mulio, of or belonging to a muledriver (class.): mulioniam paenulam arripuit,Cic. Sest. 38, 82 Halm: tectus cuculione mulionico,Lampr. Heliog. 32, 9.
mulleus mullĕus calcĕus, or, absol., mul-lĕus, i, m.mullus, a reddish or purplecolored shoe, worn only by the three highest magistrates (the consul, prætor, and curule ædile): mulleos genus calceorum aiunt esse; quibus reges Albanorum primi, deinde patricii sunt usi, quos putant a mullando dictos, i. e. suendo, Paul. ex Fest. p. 142 Müll.; Vop. Aurel. 49: nomen his (mullis) Fenestella a colore mulleorum calciamentorum datum putat,Plin. 9, 17, 30, § 65.
mullo mullo, āre, v. a., to sew; v. mulleus.
mullulus mullŭlus, i, m.dim.mullus, a little red mullet or barbel: barbatulos mullulos exceptans,Cic. Par. 5, 2, 38 dub. (Orell., mullos).
mulsus mulsus, a, um, Part. and P. a., v. mulceo fin.
multa multa (mulcta), ae, f.Sabine, acc. to Varr. ap. Gell. 11, 1, 5; Oscan, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 142 Müll., a penalty involving loss of property, a fine, amercement, mulct; in the most ancient times riches consisted only in the possession of flocks and herds; it accordingly signified, at first, a fine in cattle; but in later times, when money was the measure of wealth, it signified a pecuniary fine (whereas poena denotes a punishment of any kind, e. g. corporal punishment, imprisonment, capital punishment): vocabulum ipsum multae M. Varro non Latinum, sed Sabinum esse dicit,Gell. 11, 1, 5: multam Osce dici putant poenam quidam. M. Varro ait poenam esse, sed pecuniariam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 142 Mull.: cum pecore diceretur multa,Varr. L. L. 5, § 95 Müll. The highest penalty in the earliest times was thirty head of cattle, the lowest a sheep, in specifying which the word ovis is used as of the masculine gender: ego ei unum ovem multam dico, I condemn him to pay, fine him, a legal formula ap. Gell. 11, 1, 4: multae dictio ovium et bovium,Cic. Rep. 2, 9, 16. Later, of a pecuniary fine: multa praesens quingentum milium aeris in singulas civitates imposita,Liv. 10, 37: multam alicui dicere,
to propose that the accused be fined a certain sum
,id. Mil. 14, 36; so, petere,id. Clu. 33, 91: aliquem multā et poenā multare,id. Balb. 18, 42: multam alicui facere,Gell. 7, 14, 8: certare, to contend on both sides whether or not the proposed fine should be paid: duo tribuni plebis ducentum milium aeris multam M. Postumio dixerunt: cui certandae cum dies advenisset,Liv. 25, 3: multae certatio,Cic. Leg. 8, 3, 6: multa erat Veneri,
,id. Fam. 5, 20, 4. In gen., a penalty: singulos jure jurando adigam non aliter quam stantes cibum capturos esse ... hanc multam feretis, etc.,Liv. 24, 16, 13: haec ei multa esto: vino viginti dies Ut careat,Plaut. As. 4, 1, 55.
multa multa, adj. fem., v. multus.
multangulus multangŭlus (multiang-), a, um, adj.multus-angulus, having many angles, multangular, Lucr. 4, 654: forma,Mart. Cap. 2, § 138.
multanimis multănĭmis, e, adj.multus-animus, having much spirit or courage, spirited, courageous, Inscr. Marin. Frat. Arv. p. 690.
multannus multannus, a, um, adj.multusannus, of many years, ancient: πολυχρόνιος, multannus, Gloss. Gr. Lat.
multaticius multātīcĭus (mulct-), or -tĭus, a, um, adj.1. multa, of or belonging to fines, fine-: pecunia,
multicavatus multĭ-căvātus, a, um, adj.multuscavatus, with many hollows or cavities, multicavous (ante-class.): favus,Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 24.
multicavus multĭ-căvus, a, um, adj.multuscavus, many-holed: pumex,Ov. M. 8, 561.
multicius multīcĭus or -tĭus, a, um, adj., soft, splendid, transparent, a term applied to garments (poet. and post-class.). Adj.: dabis Aureliano tunicas multicias viriles decem (al. multilicias), Valerian. Aug. ap. Vop. Aurel. 12: synthesis,Tert. de Pall. 4. Subst.: multīcĭa, ōrum, n., sc. vestimenta, soft, splendid, transparent garments, Juv. 2, 66; 76; 11, 186.
multicola multĭcŏla, ae, m.multus-colo, a many-worshipper, one who worships many, Fulg. adv. Arianos.
multicolor multĭcŏlor, ōris, adj.multus-color, many-colored (post-Aug.). Adj.: hexecontalithos,Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 167: Iris, App. de Mundo, p. 64, 18.Subst.: multĭcŏlor, a many-colored garment, App. M. 11, p. 258, 20.
multicolorus multĭcŏlōrus, a, um, adj.id., manycolored (post-class.): sicuti multijuga dicimus, et multicolora et multiformia,Gell. 11, 16, 4: prata,Prud. Cath. 3, 104; App. de Mundo, 16.
multicomus multĭcŏmus, a, um, adj.multuscoma, having much hair (poet.); transf. of radiant light, abounding in rays: flammae,Paul. Nol. Carm. 26, 418.
multicupidus multĭ-cŭpĭdus, a, um, adj.multuscupidus, much-desiring, that desires much or many things (ante-class.): juvenilitas, Varr. ap. Non. 123, 7.
multifacio multĭ-făcĭo, fēci, 3, v. a., for magnifacio, to make much of, to esteem or value highly (ante-class.): multifacere dicitur, sicut magnifacere, parvifacere. Cato: Neque fidem, neque jusjurandum, neque pudicitiam multifacit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 152 Müll. (but in Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 50, the correct read. is multi fecit).
multifariam multĭfārĭam and multĭfārĭē, advv., v. multifarius fin.
multifarius multĭfārĭus, a, um, adj.multus, manifold, various, multifarious (the adj. post-class.): militares coronae multifariae sunt,Gell. 5, 6, 1. Hence, adv., in two forms. multĭfārĭam (acc. form), on many sides, in many places (class.): multifariam dixerunt antiqui, quod videlicet in multis locis fari poterat, id est dici, Paul. ex Fest. p. 142 Müll.: sancius multifariam factus, in many places, Cato ap. Gell. 3, 7, 19: multifariam defossum aurum, Cic. de Or. 2, 41, 174:hodie multifariam nulla (ju dicia) sunt,id. Leg. 1, 14, 40: in castris visae togae,Liv. 3, 50, 3; 10, 31, 8; 21, 8, 4 Drak. and Fabri N. cr.; 33, 18, 7; 44, 41, 8: nasci,Plin. 25, 8, 53, § 93.multĭfārĭē (post - Aug.), in many ways, variously: eadem est Ortygia, quae multifarie traditur: nunc Asteria ... nunc Lagia, vel Cynetho: Pyrpile etiam,Sol. 11, § 19; Placid. Gloss. p. 482 Mai. (but in Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 54, where Sillig and others read multifarie in the sense of multifariam, Jan. and Detlefsen read multifariam).
multifidus multĭfĭdus, a, um, adj.multus-findo, many-cleft, i. e. cleft or divided into many parts (poet. and post-Aug.). Lit.: faces,Ov. M. 7, 259; 8, 644: pedes,Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 128: dens,i. e.
a comb
,Mart. 14, 25, 2.Transf., of the hair, many-parted, parted into many locks: illi multifidos crinis sinuatur in orbes, Idaliā divisus acu,Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 15. Of rivers, divided into many streams: Timavus,
multiflorus multĭflōrus, a, um, adj.multus-flos, abounding in flowers, Isid. 17, 9, 11.
multifluus multiflŭus, a, um, adj.multus-fluo, flowing copiously, trop. of speech (poet.): verba,Juvenc. 1, 586.
multiforabilis multĭ-fŏrābĭlis, e, adj.multus-forabilis, many-holed, perforated with many holes (post-class.): tibiae,App. M. 10, p. 254, 40; Sid. Ep. 8, 9.
multiforatilis multĭ-fŏrātĭlis, e, adj.multus-foro, many - holed, perforated with many holes (post - class.): tibia,App. Flor. 3, p. 341 med.; id. M. 10, 32.
multiforis multĭ-fŏris, e, adj.multus - foris, many-doored, having many entrances, openings, or holes (post - Aug.): specus,Plin. 8, 55, 81, § 218.
multiforus multĭ-fŏrus, a, um, adj.multus-foris, having many openings, pierced with many holes (poet.): non illos ... multifori delectat tibia buxi,Ov. M. 12, 158; Sen. Agam. 346.
multifructus multifructus, a, um, adj.multusfructus, = πολύκαρπος, abounding in fruit, Fulg. Myth. 3, 2; Mythogr. Lat. 2, 130.
multigeneris multĭ-gĕnĕris, e, adj.multus-genus, of many kinds (Plautin.): multis et multigeneribus opus est tibi Militibus,Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 56. Absol.: unguenta multigenerum multa, for multorum generum,id. Stich. 2, 2, 59.
multigenerus multĭgĕnĕrus, a, um, v. multigenus.
multigenus multĭ-gĕnus or multĭ-gĕnĕrus, a, um, adj.multus-genus, of many kinds, various (poet. and post-Aug.): multigenis variata figuris,Lucr. 2, 335: multa haec et multigenera terrestrium volucrumque vita,Plin. 11, 1, 1, § 1.
multigrumus multĭ-grūmus, a, um, adj.multusgrumus, much heaped up; of waters, greatly swollen (ante class.): fluctus, Naev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 15.
multiiugus multĭ-jŭgus, a, um, and multĭ-jŭ-gis, e (the latter form only in Cic. Ait. 14, 9), adj.multus - jugum, yoked many together (mostly post-Aug.). Lit.: multijugi equi,Liv. 28, 9, 15: quadrigae multijugae,Gell. 19, 8, 11.Trop., many, manifold, complex, various: litterae multijuges, * Cic. Att. 14, 9, 1: spolia multijuga,Gell. 2, 11, 3: multijuga et sinuosa quaestio,id. 14, 2, 13: volumina (Aristotelis),App. Mag. p. 297 fin.
multilaudus multĭ-laudus, a, um, adj.multuslaus, much-praised: vir (al. aemulandus),Amm. 21, 10, 6.
multilicius multĭlīcĭus, a, um, adj.multus-licium, consisting of many threads: tunica, Valerian ap. Vop. 12 (al. multicia).
Multimammia Multĭmammĭa, ae, f.multus-mamma, the many-breasted, an epithet of the Ephesian Diana, who was represented with many breasts: Dianam, Hier. Ep. ad Ephes. prooem.
multimeter multĭ-mĕter, tri, m.multus - metrum, many - metred, consisting of many feet or kinds of verse (post-class.): si poëmata illius metiaris, multimeter, argutus, artifex erat,Sid. Ep. 8, 11.
multimodus multĭ-mŏdus, a, um, adj.multusmodus, manifold, various: coitio potestatum,App. de Dogm. Plat. p. 4 fin.: ambages,id. M. 10, p. 253 med. (but very dub. in Liv. 21, 3, 4, where the correct read. seems to be multifariam; v. Fabri ad h. l.): tela, Amm 24, 2, 13: vita,Aug. Conf. 10, 17 init.: allapsus,id. 10, 34.
multinodus multĭ-nōdus, a, um, and multĭ-nōdis, e, adj.multus - nodus, having many knots (post-class.): multinodis voluminibus serpens coluber,App. M. 5, p. 166, 19: flagellis multinodi genere,Prud. Cath. 7, 139: anfractus,Mart. Cap. 4, § 423 (but in App. M. 10, p. 253, the correct read. is multimodas).
multinominis multĭ-nōmĭnis, e, adj.multus-nomen, many-named (post-class.): dea,App. M. 11, p. 268, 6.
multinubentia multĭ-nūbentĭa, ae, f.multus-nubo, a marrying several persons, polygamy (eccl. Lat.): multinubentiae pronus,Tert. adv. Psych. 1.
multinubus multĭ-nūbus, a, um, adj.id., married to several, polygamous (eccl. Lat.): Salomon,Hier. adv. Jovin. 1, 28: uxor,id. Ep. 123, 10.
multinummus multĭ-nummus (multĭnūmus), a, um, adj.multus-nummus, that costs much money, dear, expensive (ante-class.): asini,Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 6: piscis, id. ap. Non. 3, 152.
multipartitus multĭ-partītus, a, um, adj.multuspartitus, much divided, divided into many classes (post-Aug.): vita,Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 66.
multipeda multĭpĕda, ae, f.multus-pes, a multipede, an insect, Plin. 22, 25, 58, § 122; 29, 6, 39, § 143; v. millepeda.A measure a number of feet long, Gram. Vet. p. 190, 6.
multipes multĭ-pēs, ĕdis, adj.id., many-footed, multipede (post-Aug.). Adj., Plin. 11, 45, 102, § 249.Subst.: multĭpēs, pĕdis, m., a multipede, millipede, an insect: multipes vermis terrenus a multitudine pedum vocatus,Isid. Orig. 12, 5, 6.
multiplex multĭ-plex, ĭcis, adj.multus-* plica (multīplex, Lucr. 2, 163; 4, 208; n.plur. multiplica, Gell. 19, 7, 16), that has many folds (class.). Lit.: alvus est multiplex et tortuosa,Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136.Transf.That has many windings or concealed places: vitis serpens multiplici lapsu et erratico,Cic. Sen. 15, 52: domus,
the labyrinth
,Ov. M. 8, 158. In implied comparisons,manifold, many times as great, far more: id efficiebat multiplex gaudium rei,Liv. 7, 8, 1: multiplex caedes utrimque facta traditur ab aliis,i. e.
multiplicabilis multĭplĭcābĭlĭs, e, adj.multiplico, manifold, a word formed by Cicero in translating a passage of Sophocles (Trach. 1046 sq.): tortu multiplicabili Draconem, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 22 (Sophocles has only δράκοντα).
multiplicator multĭplĭcātor, ōris, m.id., a multiplier (post-class.): herilium talentorum multiplicator,Paul. Nol. Ep. 44. As math. t. t., the multiplier, Boëth. de Music. 2, 27 al.
multiplicitas multĭplĭcĭtas, ātis, f.multiplex, multiplicity, manifoldness: profunda et infinita (sc. memoriae),Aug. Conf. 10, 17 init.; Boëth. de Music. 1, 4; id. de Arithm. 1, 23.
multipliciter multĭplĭcĭter, adv., v. multiplex fin.
multiplico multĭplĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.multiplex, to multiply, increase, augment. In gen. (class.; syn.: augeo, amplifico, amplio): aes alienum. Caes. B. C. 3, 32: auxiliis multiplicatis. Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 4: flumina collectis multiplicantur aquis,Ov. R. Am. 98: multiplicandis usuris,Nep. Att. 2, 5: voces,Plin. 36, 15, 23, § 99: regnum Eumenis,Liv. 37, 54: multiplicata gloria,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16: domus multiplicata,
enlarged
,id. Off. 1, 39, 138: dona,Liv. 42, 61. In partic., in arithmetic, to multiply: multiplicantur in se duo latera,Col. 5, 2, 1: has duas summas in se multiplicato,id. 5, 2, 6: latitudinis pedes cum longitudinis pedibus sic multiplicabis,id. 5, 2, 3: ter tria,Aus. Idyll. 11, 2: annos quater, dies octies,Sol. 1, 29; 42.
multiplicus multĭ-plĭcus, a, um, adj.id., variously compounded (for the class. multiplex): quae multiplica ludens composuit (Laevius),Gell. 19, 7, 16.
multiscius multĭ-scĭus, a, um, adj.multumscius, knowing much, of great knowledge (Appul.): etsi minus prudentem, multiscium reddidit,App. M. 9, p. 223, 13: Homerus,id. Mag. p. 294, 29: sophista longe multiscius,id. Flor. 4, p. 360, 12 al.
multisonalis multĭsŏnālis, e, adj.multus-sonus, much-resounding, Schol. Juv. 7, 134.
multitudo multĭtūdo, ĭnis, f.multus, a great number, multitude (class.; cf.: copia, vis, magnitudo). In gen.: nationes, quae numero hominum ac multitudine ipsā poterant in provincias nostras redundare,Cic. Prov. Cons. 12, 31: navium,Nep. Hann. 10, 4: argenti facti, Varr. ap. Non. 465, 27: sacrificiorum,Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 71. In partic. Of people, a great number, a crowd, multitude: tanta multitudo lapides ac tela conjiciebat, ut, etc.,Caes. B. G. 2, 6; Nep. Milt. 3, 5; id. Arist. 1, 3: multitudine domum circumdare,Nep. Hann. 12, 4: multitudine civium factiones valuere,Sall. C. 51, 40: prima lux mediocrem multitudinem ante moenia ostendit,Liv. 7, 12, 3. In plur., multitudes: partim exquirebant duces multitudinum,Sall. C. 50, 1. Of the common people, the crowd, the multitude (cf. turba): ex errore imperitae multitudinis,Cic. Off. 1, 19, 65: sed multitudinem haec maxime allicit,id. Fin. 1, 7, 25: multitudinis judicium,id. Tusc. 2, 26, 63; id. Clu. 29, 59; id. Sest. 58, 124: credula,Just. 2, 8, 9. In gram.: numerus multitudinis, or simply multitudo, the plural number, the plural: quod alia vocabula singularia sint solum ut cicer, alia multitudinis solum ut scalae ... multitudinis vocabula sunt, etc.,Varr. L. L. 9, § 63 Müll.: cur mel et vinum, atque id genus cetera numerum multitudinis capiunt, lacte non capiat,Gell. 19, 8, 13. In plur., Varr. L. L. 9, § 65 Müll.
multivira multĭ-vĭra, ae, f.multus-vir, she that has had many husbands (post-class.): alia sacra coronat univira, alia multivira,Min. Fel. Oct. 24, 3.
multivius multĭ-vĭus, a, um, adj.multus-via, having many ways, multivious (Appul.): circuitus,App. M. 9, p. 221, 34: circumcursio,id. ib. p. 222 fin. (al. multijuga).
multivolus multĭ-vŏlus, a, um, adj.multusvolo, wishing or longing for many (poet.): mulier,Cat. 68, 128; Vulg. Eccl. 9, 3.
multo multo (less correctly mulcto), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.1. multa, to punish one with any thing; used mostly of judicial punishment (class.; cf.: punio, animadverto): accusatorem multā et poenā multavit,Cic. Balb. 18, 42: vitia hominum atque fraudes damnis, ignominiis, vinculis, verberibus, exsiliis, morte multantur,id. de Or. 1, 43, 194: imperatorem deminutione provinciae,id. Prov. Cons. 15, 38. With abl. of that with respect to which the punishment is inflicted: populos stipendio,
multotiens multŏtĭens and multŏtĭes, advv., [multus]. many times, oftentimes, often (postclass.), Just. Nov 29 praef.
multum multum, adv., v. multus fin.
multus multus (old form moltus), a, um; comp. plus; sup. plurimus (v. at the end of this art.), adj.etym. dub., much, great, many, of things corporeal and incorporeal. Posit. In gen.: multi mortales, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17: multi suam rem bene gessere: multi qui, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. v. 295 sq. Vahl.): multi fortissimi viri,Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 3: rationes,id. de Or. 1, 51, 222. tam multis verbis scribere, at such length, id. Fam. 3, 8, 1: beneficia. Cato ap. Fest. s. v. ratissima, p. 286 Müll.: multi alii,Ter. And. 5, 4, 28. When used with another adjective it is usually connected with it by a conjunction: multae et magnae contentiones,
,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88: in multas pecunias alienissimorum hominum invasit,id. Phil. 2, 16, 41; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 48: multae pecuniae variis ex causis a privatis detinentur,Plin. Ep. 10, 17, 3. Sometimes multi stands for multi alii, many others: nam certe Pompeio, et a Curionibus patre et filio, et a multis exprobratum est,Suet. Caes. 50. The sing. also is used poet. for the plur., many a: aut trudit acres hinc et hinc multā cane Apros in obstantes plagas,
,Cat. 112, 1. multi, ōrum, m., the many, the common mass, the multitude: probis probatus potius, quam multis forem, Att. ap. Non. 519, 9: video ego te, mulier, more multarum utier,id. ib. Esp.: unus e (or de) multis, one of the multitude, a man of no distinction: tenuis L. Virginius unusque e multis,Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 62: unus de multis esse,id. Off. 1, 30, 109: M. Calidius non fuit orator unus e multis; potius inter multos prope singularis fuit,id. Brut. 79, 274: numerarer in multis,
among the herd of orators
,id. ib. 97, 333: e multis una sit tibi,
no better than others
,Ov. R. Am. 682: multum est,
it is of importance
,Verg. G. 2, 272. In neutr. absol.: ne multa, or ne multis, not to be prolix, in short: ne multa: perquiritur a coactoribus,Cic. Clu. 64, 181: ne multis: Diogenes emitur,id. ib. 16, 47: quid multis moror?Ter. And. 1, 1, 87. Sometimes multa is used (particularly by the poets) adverbially, much, greatly, very: multa reluctari,Verg. G. 4, 301: gemens,id. ib. 3, 226; id. A. 5, 869: deos testatus,id. ib. 7, 593: invehi,Nep. Ep. 6, 1 (cf. nonnulla invehi, id. Tim. 5, 3): haud multa moratus,Verg. A. 3, 610. Rarely in multum: in multum velociores,
by far
,Plin. 10, 36, 52, § 108. In partic. Too much, overmuch, excessive: supellex modica, non multa,Nep. Att. 13, 5. In speech, much-speaking, diffuse, prolix: qui in aliquo genere aut inconcinnus aut multus est,Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 17: ne in re notā et pervulgatā multus et insolens sim,id. ib. 2, 87, 358: nolo in stellarum ratione multus vobis videri,id. N. D. 2, 46, 119.Frequent, frequently present: in operibus, in agmine, atque ad vigilias multus adesse,Sall. J. 96, 3: multus in eo proelio Caesar fuit,
was in many places
,Flor. 4, 2, 50: hen hercle hominem multum et odiosum mihi!
,Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 83 Umpf. Doubled, multo multoque, with comparatives: multo multoque longior,
far, very much
,Front. ad M. Caes. 2, 5: multo multoque operosius est,Val. Max. 4, 1, 2: multo multoque magis, Front. Laud. Negl. § 3.Comp.: plūs, plūris; in the plur., plūres, plūra (in sing. anciently written plous; three times in the S. C. de Bacch. Here perh. belongs, in the plur., pleores and pleoris, for plures, in the Song of the Arval Brothers. For the class. neuter of the plur., plura, the form pluria was used in ante-class. Latinity. Gellius cites M. Cato, Q. Claudius, Valerius Antias, L. Ælius, P. Nigidius, and M. Varro as authorities for this form, Gell. 5, 21, 6; yet Plautus and Terence have only plura; and the earlier reading pluria, in Lucr. 1, 877; 2, 1135; 4, 1085, is now supplanted by the critically certain plura and plurima. The gen. plur. plurium, however, has remained the predominant form, e. g. Quint. 7, 1, 1; 8, 4, 27; 9, 4, 66 et saep.) [from the root ple; Gr. πλέον, πίμπλημι; cf. plenus, plera, compleo, etc.; also locu-ples, plebes, populus, etc.], more. In the sing. (used both substantively and adverbially): LIBRAS FARRIS ENDO DIES DATO. SI VOLET PLVS DATO, Fragm. XII. Tab. in Gell. 20, 1, 45: SI PLVS MINVSVE SECVERVNT, SE FRAVDE ESTO, ib.; so (perh. in imitation of this legal phrase): ebeu, cur ego plus minusve feci quam aequom fuit!Plaut. Capt. 5, 3, 18; Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 21: ne plus minusve loqueretur,Suet. Aug. 84; cf. Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 27; and in the signif. of circiter, about: septingenti sunt paulo plus aut minus anni ... postquam, etc., Enn. ap. Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2 (Ann. v. 493 Vahl.); so. non longius abesse plus minus octo milibus,Hirt. B. G. 8, 20, 1 Oud.; cf.: speranti plures ... venerunt plusve minusve duae,Mart. 8, 71, 4: aut ne quid faciam plus, quod post me minus fecisse satius sit,
,Liv. 9, 24, 8: verbane plus an sententia valere debeat,Cic. Top. 25, 96: cf.: apud me argumenta plus quam testes valent,id. Rep. 1, 38, 59: valet enim salus plus quam libido,id. ib. 1, 40, 63. With a partitive gen.: vultis pecuniae plus habere,Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 88; cf.: nostri casus plus honoris habuerunt quam laboris,id. Rep. 1, 4, 7; so, plus virium,id. Leg. 1, 2, 6: plus hostium,Liv. 2, 42: plus dapis et rixae multo minus invidiaeque,Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 51: in hac causā eo plus auctoritatis habent, quia, etc.,Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26; cf.: plus ingenii,id. ib. 1, 14, 22: Albano non plus animi erat quam fidei,
as little courage as fidelity
,Liv. 1, 27, 5. With quam (some examples of which have already been given above): non plus quam semel,Cic. Off. 3, 15, 61: confiteor eos ... plus quam sicarios esse,id. Phil. 2, 13, 31: ne plus reddat quam acceperit,id. Lael. 16, 58 et saep.: non plus quam in tres partis posse distribui putaverunt,
,Liv. 38, 38, 8. Without quam: HOMINES PLOVS V. OINVORSEI VIREI ATQVE MVLIERES, S. C. de Bacch. 19 (Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173): plus mille capti,Liv. 24, 44: plus milies audivi,Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 32: plus semel, Varr. ap. Plin. 14, 14, 17, § 96: plus quingentos colaphos infregit mihi,Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 46: ferre plus dimidiati mensis cibaria,Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37: non plus mille quingentos aeris,id. Rep. 2, 22, 40: paulo plus ducentos passus a castris,Liv. 31, 34: cum plus annum aeger fuisset,id. 40, 2: parte plus dimidiā rem auctam,id. 29, 25. (ε) With a compar. or adverbial abl., or with an abl. of measure: VIREI PLOVS DVOBVS, S. C. de Bacch. 20 (Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173): de paupertate tacentes Plus poscente ferent,
more than the importunate
,Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 44: ex his alius alio plus habet virium,Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 6: cave putes hoc tempore plus me quemquam cruciari, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, 2: alterum certe non potest, ut plus una vera sit,Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 5; cf.: in columbā plures videri colores, nec esse plus uno,id. Ac. 2, 25, 79: HOC PLVS NE FACITO, more than this, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59: annos sexaginta natus es Aut plus eo,
,Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 30: quam molestum est uno digito plus habere, too much by a finger, i. e. a finger too much, Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 99: uno plus Etruscorum cecidisse in acie,
one man more
,Liv. 2, 7, 2. In the gen. pretii, pluris, of more value, of a higher price, for more, higher, dearer: ut plus reddant musti et olei, et pretii pluris,
,Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 8: mea mihi conscientia pluris est, quam omnium sermo,Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2: facio pluris omnium hominem neminem,id. ib. 8, 2, 4: facere aliquem pluris,
make more of one, esteem him more highly
,id. Fam. 3, 4, 2: pluris habere,id. Phil. 6, 4, 10: aestimare,id. Par. 6, 2, 48: ducere,id. Att. 7, 3, 5: putare,id. Off. 3, 4, 18 et saep. Rarely, instead of the genitive, in the abl. pretii: plure vendunt, Lucil. ap. Charis. 2, p. 189 P.: plure altero tanto, quanto ejus fundus est, velim, Plaut. ib.: plure venit, Cic. ib. Plus plusque, more and more: quem mehercule plus plusque in dies diligo. Cic. Att. 6, 2, 10. Like magis, with an adj.: plus formosus, for formosior,Nemes. Ecl. 4, 72. In the plur. Comparatively, more in number: omnes qui aere alieno premantur, quos plures esse intellego quam putāram,Cic. Att. 7, 3, 5; id. Rep. 2, 22, 40: nemini ego plura acerba esse credo ex amore homini umquam oblata quam mihi,Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 1: ne plura insignia essent imperii in libero populo quam in regno fuissent,Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 55: multo plura,
many more things
,Quint. 3, 6, 28. In gen., of a great number, many: qui plus fore dicant in pluribus consilii quam in uno. Cic. Rep. 1, 35, 55: cf.: quid quaeso interest inter unum et plures, si justitia est in pluribus? id. ib. 1, 39, 61; 1, 34, 52: non possunt unā in civitate multi rem ac fortunas amittere, ut non plures secum in eandem trahant calamitatem,id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19: quod pluribus praesentibus eas res jactari nolebat,Caes. B. G. 1, 18: plura castella Pompeius tentaverat,id. B. C. 3, 52: summus dolor plures dies manere non potest,Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 93: pluribus diebus, Quint. prooem. § 7: illic plurium rerum est congeries,id. 8, 4, 27: quae consuetudo sit, pluribus verbis docere,Cic. Clu. 41, 115: eum pluribus verbis rogat, ut, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64; without verba: quid ego plura dicam?id. de Or. 1, 5, 18: pluribus haec exsecutus sum,Phaedr. 3, 10, 59; also elliptically, quid plura? and, ne plura, like quid multa? and ne multa: hic sacra, hic genus, hic majorum multa vestigia. Quid plura? hanc vides villam, etc.,
what need of many words? in short
,Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3: sed ne plura dicendum enim aliquando est Pomponium Atticum sic amo, ut alterum fratrem,id. Fam. 13, 1, 5. Esp.: plures. The mass, the multitude, opp. pauciores, = οἱ ὀλίγοι, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 13. Euphemistically, acc. to the Gr. οἱ πλείονες, the dead: quin prius Me ad plures penetravi?Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 14.The greater number, the majority: plures nesciebant quā ex causā convenissent,Vulg. Act. 19, 32.Sup.: plūrĭmus (archaic form, plisima plurima, Paul. ex Fest. p. 204 and 205 Müll.: PLIOIRVME (I), Epit. of Scipio), a, um [from root ple; whence also plus, q. v., ploirumus for ploisumus; and thence the predominant form plurimus], most, very much, or many (as an adj. in good prose mostly in the plur., except the standing formula of greeting: salutem plurimam dicere alicui; v.infra): hujus sunt plurima simulacra,Caes. B. G. 6, 17: nos plurimis ignotissimi gentibus,Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 26: plurimae et maximae partes,id. ib. 1, 4, 8: plurimorum seculorum memoria,id. ib. 3, 9, 14: haec plurimis a me verbis dicta sunt,id. ib. 1, 7, 12 et saep. In sing.: me plurimā praedā onustum,Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 4: sermo,Quint. 2, 2, 5: risus,id. 6, 3, 85: res,id. 6, 1, 51: exercitatio,id. 8 prooem. § 28: mons,
very large
,Verg. A. 1, 419: cervix,id. G. 3, 52: Aetna,Ov. Ib. 600. Of a greeting: impertit salutem plurimam, Lucil. ap. Non. 472. 16; and esp. freq.: salutem plurimam dicit (commonly abbrev. S. P. D.) at the beginning of letters; v. salus. Poet.: medio cum plurimus orbe Sol erat,
,Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39: caput autem est, quam plurimum scribere,id. de Or. 1, 33, 150: ut in quoque oratore plurimum esset,id. Rep. 1, 27, 123. Adv.: plūrĭmum: et is valebat in suffragio plurimum, cujus plurimum intererat, esse in optimo statu civitatem,Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40: auspiciis plurimum obsecutus est Romulus,id. ib. 2, 9, 16: si vero populus plurimum potest,id. ib. 3, 14, 23; cf.: qui apud me dignitate plurimum possunt,id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4: plurimum aliis praestare,id. Inv. 2, 1, 1: ut te plurimum diligam,id. Fam. 1, 7, 1; id. Tusc. 5, 27, 78: hoc ego utor uno omnium plurimum,id. Fam. 11, 16, 2: quantum (al. quanto) plurimum possunt,Quint. 11, 3, 120: plurimum quantum also signifies very much indeed, exceedingly (post-class.): plurimum quantum veritati nocuere,Min. Fel. Oct. 22: gratulor,id. ib. 40: (elleborum) ex aquā datur plurimum drachma,
at the most
,Plin. 25, 5, 22, § 54; 9, 36, 60, § 125; 30, 6, 16, § 48; so, cum plurimum,id. 2, 17, 15, § 78 (opp. to cum minimum); 18, 7, 10, § 60: nec tam numerosa differentia; tribus ut plurimum bonitatibus distat, for the most part, commonly, usually, = plerumque, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 18. In neutr. with a partit. gen.: sententiarum et gravitatis plurimum, Cic. Inv. 1, 18, 25: artis,Quint. 10, 5, 3: auctoritatis et ponderis,id. 9, 4, 91: ut laboris sic utilitatis etiam longe plurimum,id. 10, 3, 1: virtutum,id. 12, 1, 20 plurimum quantum favoris partibus dabat fratermtas ducum, Flor. 4, 2, 74. In the gen. pretii: plurimi: immo unice unum plurimi pendit,
mulus mūlus, i, m.perh. mu-; Gr. μυκάω; cf. μύκλος, an ass, a mule: muli pretio qui superant equos,Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 21: rhedarii,Varr. R. R. 3, 17: clitellarius,Cic. Top. 8, 35: mulus vehiculo lunae habetur, quod tam ea sterilis sit quam mulus; vel quod, ut mulus non suo genere sed equis creatur, sic ea solis, non suo fulgore luceat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 148 Müll.: mulis celebrantur ludi in Circo Maximo Consualibus, quia id genus quadrupedum primum putatur coeptum currui vehiculoque adjungi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 148 ib. As a term of abuse, you mule, you ass: mule, nihil sentis,Cat. 83, 3: muli Mariani, Marius's mules, a nickname given to the soldiers of C. Marius, because they were compelled to carry their baggage on their backs like mules, Front. Strat. 4, 1, 7; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. muli, p. 149 Müll.; and s. v. aerumnulas, p. 24 ib. Prov: mutuum muli scabunt, like the Engl. you claw me, and I'll claw you, of those who flatter one another, Aus. Idyll. 12; hence: ridiculum est, cum te Cascam tua dicit amica, Fili Potoni, sesquisenex puerum. Dice illam pusam: sic fiet mutua muli, Poët. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 28 Müll.: mulum de asino pingere, a proverbial expression made use of when the original and the copy differ but little from each other, or when absurdities are represented by absurdities, or lies concealed with lies,Tert. adv. Val. 19 fin.
Mulvianus Mulvĭānus, a, um, adj.Mulvius, of or belonging to a Mulvius, Mulvian: controversia,Cic. Att. 2, 15, 4: colonia,
Mummius Mummĭus, a, name of a Roman gens. The most celebrated are, L. Mummius Achaicus, the destroyer of Corinth, Cic. Off. 2, 22, 76; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 55; 2, 3, 4, § 9; Vell. 1, 13, 1. His brother, Sp. Mummius, Cic. Rep. 1, 12, 18; 3, 34, 46; 5, 9, 16; id. Att. 13, 5, 11. Another Mummius, a composer of Atellane plays, Charis. p. 118 P.; Prisc. 10, 9, p. 514 Krehl. In fem.: Mummia, ae, wife of the emperor Galba, Suet. Galb. 3. Hence, ‡ Mummiānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mummius, Mummian: aedificia, Paul. ex Fest. p. 140 Müll.
mundanus mundānus, a, um, adj.2. mundus, of or belonging to the world, mundane. Adj. (late Lat.): anima mundana,Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 16: annus, a year of the world, mundane year, consisting of fifteen thousand years, id. ib. 2, 11: ora, i. e. caelestis,Avien. Arat. 216.Subst.: mun-dānus, i, m., an inhabitant of the world, a cosmopolite, as translation of κόσμος, = mundi incola et civis, Cic. Tusc. 5, 37, 108.
mundatio mundātĭo, ōnis, f.mundo, a cleansing (eccl. Lat.), Aug. Conf. 1, 11; Theod. Prisc. 1, 19.
mundifico mundĭfĭco, 1, v. a.1. mundus-facio, to make clean, to cleanse: stomachum, Macer. 3, 12. Transf.: se caelesti conversatione,Cassiod. de Anim. 11.
mundiger mundĭger, ĕra, ĕrum, adj.2. mundus-gero, world-bearing, that sustains the world: axis, Poët. ap. Anth. Lat. t. 1, p. 16 Burm.
mundipotens mundĭ-pŏtens, tis, adj.2. munduspotens, world-ruling, that rules the world (eccl. Lat.): potestates,Tert. Anim. 23.
munditenens mundĭ-tĕnens, tis, adj.2. mundustenens, that holds or rules the world (eccl. Lat.): diabolus,Tert. adv. Val. 22.
munditer mundĭter, adv., v. 1. mundus fin.
munditia mundĭtĭa, ae, and mundĭtĭes, ēi, f.1. mundus, cleanness, cleanliness (class.; cf.: ornatus, cultus). Lit.: munditia illecebra animo est amantium,Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 4: munditias facere,
mundivagus mundĭvăgus, a, um, adj.mundusvagus, wandering in the world, Inscr. Grut. p. 1174; Epigr. 8, 13.
mundo mundo, āre, v. a.1. mundus, to make clean, to clean, cleanse (post-Aug.; syn.: purgo, emendo): mundatur nitro,Plin. 33, 6, 34, § 103: praesepia mundanda curare,Col. 12, 3: perlui et mundari,Mamert. Grat. Act. 9 fin.Transf. (eccl. Lat.), to cleanse, make clean. Ceremonially, according to the Levitical law of uncleanness: et purificabis eos (sc. Levitas),Vulg. Num. 8, 6. Spiritually, from sin: ab occultis meis munda me,Vulg. Psa. 19, 12: mundemus nos ab omni inquinamento carnis et spiritūs,id. 2 Cor. 7, 1. Hence, mundātus, a, um, P. a., cleansed, clean (late Lat.); in comp.: quam sim ab illā peste mundatior,Aug. Conf. 10, 37.
mundule mundŭlē, adv., v. mundulus fin.
mundulus mundŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [1. mundus], cleanly, neat, trim, nice, spruce (anteclass.): amasii,Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 13. Hence, adv.: mundŭlē, neatly, trimly, nicely (post-class.): qui ubi ad Dircaeum fontem adveniunt, mundule nitidantur jugulos quadripedantum, Att. ap. Non. 144, 17 (Trag. Rel. v. 602 Rib.): mundule amicta,App. M. 2, p. 117, 33.
mundum mundum, i, v. 2. mundus init.
mundus mundus, a, um, adj.Sanscr. mund, purificari, clean, cleanly, nice, neat, elegant. Lit. (class.; syn.: lautus, nitidus, purus): supellex,Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 7: caena,id. C. 3, 29, 14: ager,Gell. 19, 12, 8: mundissimum cubile desiderat (animal),Col. 7, 9, 14: jam intus mundissimumst,Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 7. Poet., with abl., = ornatus: Ostia munita est: idem loca navibus pulchris Munda facit, adorned, Enn. ap. Tert. p. 258 Müll. (Ann. v. 146 Vahl.).Transf. Of mode of living, neat, fine, elegant, smart, genteel: cultus justo mundior,
too elegant dress
,Liv. 8, 15. As subst.: mundus, i, m. (sc. homo), an elegant or nice person, Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 23. Of quality, not coarse, fine (post-class.): annonae, of wheat,Lampr. Alex. Sev. 42, 3: panis,id. ib. 37, 3.Trop. Of speech, neat, fine, elegant (poet. and in postclass. prose): verba, Ov A. A. 3, 479: versus, quibus mundius nihil reperiri puto,Gell. 19, 9, 10: in Gallos mundius subtiliusque est, quam cum Gallis aut contra Gallos,id. 17, 2 med.Subst.: mun-dum, i. n., only in the phrase: in mundo (esse or habere), in readiness (ante-class.): tibi vita seu mors in mundo est, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 181 P. (Ann. v. 457 Vahl.: in mundo pro palam et in expedito ac cito, Charis.): nempe habeo in mundo,Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 46: mihi in mundo sunt virgae,id. As. 2, 1, 16; 2, 2, 50: nescio quid vero habeo in mundo,id. Stich. 3, 2, 23; id. Ps. 1, 5, 85 Ritschl. In eccl. Lat., morally pure, upright, free from sin: cor mundum crea in me, Deus,Vulg. Psa. 50, 12: beati mundo corde,id. Matt. 5, 8. Hence, adv., in two forms (both, for the most part, anteand post-class.).mundē, cleanly, neatly, prettily: (copia) in suo quaeque loco sita munde,Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 5: verrite aedes, spargite munde, Titin. ap. Charis. p. 183 P.: parum munde et parum decenter,Sen. Ep. 70, 20: munde facti versus,Gell. 10, 17, 2: quam mundissime purissimeque fiat,Cato, R. R. 66, 1.mun-dĭter, cleanly, neatly. Lit.: cum sedulo munditer nos habeamus,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 26.Trop., decently, with propriety: dicere,App. Mag. p. 296, 14.
mundus mundus, i, m. (neutr. collat. form, mundum: legavit quidam uxori mundum omne penumque, all her toilet, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 1, 3, and ap. Non. 214, 17) [1. mundus], toilet ornaments, decorations, dress (of a woman). Lit.: mundus muliebris est, quo mulier mundior fit: continentur eo specula, matulae, unguenta, vasa unguentaria, et si qua similia dici possunt, veluti lavatio, riscus ... Unguenta, quibus valetudinis causā unguimur, mundo non continentur,Dig. 34, 2, 25: munditiae et ornatus et cultus, haec feminarum insignia sunt: hunc mundum muliebrem appellārunt majores nostri,Liv. 34, 7, 9: virginalis, Att. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 142 Müll.: quamvis auro, veste, gemmis, omnique cetero mundo exornata mulier incedat,App. M. 2, p. 118. Transf. In gen., an implement (ante- and post-class.): operae messoriae mundus,
implements for the harvest work
,App. M. 6 init.: Cereris,
the mystical casket of Ceres
,id. Mag. p. 282 (the expression in mundo esse and habere belongs to the adj. mundus, v. mundus, II. B.). Like the Gr. κόσμος, the universe, the world, esp. the heavens and the heavenly bodies: ut hunc hac varietate distinctum bene Graeci κόσμον, nos lucentem mundum nominaremus, the heavens, Cic. Univ. 10: nam quem κόσμος Graeci, nomine ornamenti appellaverunt. eum nos a perfectā absolutāque elegantiā, mundum, Plin. 2, 4, 3, § 8: concussit micantia sidera mundus, heaven shook, Cat. 64, 206: aetherius,Tib. 3, 4, 17: arduus,Verg. G. 1, 240: aestuat infelix angusto limite mundi,Juv. 10, 169. Also: mundus caeli, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Sat. v. 10, p. 156 Vahl.): o clarissima mundi Lumina,Verg. G. 1, 5 sq.: immensi copia mundi,Ov. M. 2, 157: ipse mundus deorum hominumque causā factus est...Est enim mundus quasi communis deorum atque hominum domus, aut urbs utrorumque,
the world
,Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 154: innumerabiles,id. Ac. 2, 17, 55: e tabulā pictos ediscere mundos,
,Claud. Ruf. 1, 87: nullā in parte mundi cessat ebrietas,Plin. 14, 22, 29, § 149; 30, 1, 2, § 8; Flor. 2, 12, 1; Just. 30, 4, 9: (Alexander) scrutatur maria ignota, et, ut ita dicam, mundi claustra perrumpit,Sen. Ep. 119, 7: mundi principio,Juv. 15, 147.The heavens, i. e. the sky, the weather (post-class.): tepida indulget terris clementia mundi,Grat. Fal. 288: ad Eoos tractūs mundique teporem,Luc. 8, 365.The sun (perh. only in Manilius): quā mundus redit,Manil. Astron. 1, 36; id. ib. 3, 591. Euphemistically for the Lower World, the infernal regions. The opening into this mundus was at Rome, in the Comitium, and was kept covered with a stone (lapis manalis); three times in the year, on the 24th of August, the 5th of October, and the 8th of November, days sacred to the gods of the infernal regions, this round pit was opened, and all sorts of fruits were thrown into it as offerings, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16, 18; Paul. ex Fest. s. v mundus, p. 154 Müll., and s. v. manalem lapidem, p. 128 ib. Esp. (eccl. Lat.), the world as opposed to the church; this world, the realm of sin and death, as opposed to Christ's kingdom of holiness and life: non pro mundo rogo,Vulg. Johan. 17, 9: de mundo non sunt,id. ib. 17, 16: princeps hujus mundi (i. e. Satan),id. ib. 12, 31; 14, 30: regnum meum non est de hoc mundo,id. ib. 18, 36; cf. id. Eph. 2, 2; 6, 12.
munerabundus mūnĕrābundus, a, um, adj.muneror, that gives or brings presents (postclass.), App. M. 11, p. 265, 34.
muneralis mūnĕrālis, e, adj.munus, of or relating to presents (ante- and post-class.): lex, by which advocates were forbidden to receive presents (the Cincian law; v. Cincius), Plaut. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 143 Müll.
munerarius mūnĕrārĭus, a, umid.. Of or belonging to a gift, Cassiod. Var. 6, 7.Of or belonging to gladiatorial exhibitions (a word first used by Augustus, acc. to Quint. 8, 3, 34). Adj.: libellus, Trebell. Claud. 5, 5.Subst.: mūnĕrārĭus, ii, m.One who bestows gifts: pauperum,Hier. Ep. 66, 5.The giver of a gladiatorial exhibition: Thracem mirmilloni parem, munerario imparem dixerat,Suet. Dom. 10; Sen. Contr. 4 praef.; Inscr Orell. 1185; 2534; 2585; 3746.
munero mūnĕro (moen-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., and mūnĕror, ātus (v. Gell. 18, 12, 20), 1, v. dep.munus, to give, bestow, present a thing; to present, honor, reward with a thing (rare but class.; syn.: dono, largior, impertion. Form munero, with dat.: cujus exuvias et coronam huic muneravit virgini, Att. ap. Non. 499, 11: Kalendis suam matrem. Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 97: Horolen,Flor. 3, 5, 28 (Trag. Rel. v. 446 Rib.): beneficium alicui,
to render
,Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 15; Turp. ap. Non. 477, 19. With abl.: ea, quibus rex te munerare constituerat,Cic. Deiot. 6, 17: inani me, inquis, lance muneras. Sen. Ep. 119, 5; Dig. 48, 20, 6 fin.: a Trojano locupletissime muneratus,Spart. Hadr. 3, 4: mulier munerata,Amm. 14, 7, 4: legatus muneratus,id. 17, 8, 3. In gerundive: non meretriculis moenerandis rem coëgit,Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 55 Speng. Absol.: at certatim nutricant et munerant,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 121: regni eum societate muneravit,Macr. S. 1, 7, 21: dignus quem maximis officiis muneres,Symm. Ep. 1, 104. Form muneror: natura aliud alii muneratur,Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 3: assectatur, assidet, muneratur,id. Par. 5, 2, 39; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 59 (dub.; Fleck. demunerarier): Alexis me opipare muneratus est,Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3: aliquem aliquā re,Hor. Epod. 2, 20; App. Herm. Trim. 11.
‡ *mungo, ereobsolete, the orig. form whence emungo, mucus, mucere, mucor, mucedo; cf. Sanscr. muk, to let go, throw off; Gr. ἀπομύσσω, to wipe away; μυκτήρ, nose; μύξα, snivel, to blow the nose: mungo, μύσσω, Gloss. Philox.
munia mūnĭa (archaic form moenia: moenia praeter aedificia significant etiam et munia, hoc est officia, Paul. ex Fest. p. 151 Müll.), ōrum (class. only in the form munia, nom. and acc.), n.Sanscr. root mū, bind; that to which one is bound; cf. Gr. ἀμύνω; also moenia, murus, munus, immunis, etc., duties, functions, esp. official or professional duties (class.; syn.: officia, munera): munia candidatorum,Cic. Mur. 35, 73: qui suis cervicibus tanta munia atque rem publicam sustinent,id. Sest. 66, 138: cuncti omnium ordinum extrema munia sequi, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 137, 12: belli pacisque munia facere,Liv. 1, 42: senatūs, magistratuum, legum in se trahere,Tac. A. 1, 2; cf.: munia consulatūs obire,id. ib. 2, 26: munia ducis implere,id. H. 1, 62: vitae servare munia,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 131. Post-class. forms, gen.: OB HAEC INSIGNIA GENERA MVNIORVM, Inscr. Spon. Miscell. Antiq. p. 36 (A. D. 394), but gen. muniūm, Tert. Cor. Mil. 11. Dat. munibus, Claud. Laud. Stil. 3, 76: muniis,Amm. 31, 2, 20; Serv. Verg. A. 12, 559; Cod. Just. 8, 10, 8 al.
munica mūnĭca, pro communicas dicebant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 152 Müll.
municeps mūnĭ-ceps, ĭpis (gen. plur., municipium for municipum, Tab. Heracl. ap. Mazoch. line 71), comm.munia-capio, v.infra, an inhabitant of a municipium or free town, a burgher, citizen (class.): municeps, qui in municipio liber natus est. Item, qui ex alio genere hominum munus functus est. Item qui in municipio a servitute se liberavit a municipe. Item municipes erant, qui ex aliis civitatibus Romam venissent, quious non licebat magistratum capere, sed tantum muneris partem, ut fuerunt Cumani, Acerrani, Atellani, qui et cives Romani erant, et in legione merebant, sed dignitates non capiebant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 131 Müll. (v. infra): municipes sunt cives Romani ex municipiis, legibus suis et suo jure utentes: muneris tantum cum populo Romano honorarii participes: a quo munere capessendo appellati videntur, nullis aliis necessitatibus, neque ullā populi Romani lege astricti, nisi, inquam, populus eorum fundus factus est. Primos autem municipes sine suffragii jure Caerites esse factos, accepimus: concessumque illis, ut civitatis Romanae honorem quidem caperent, sed negotiis tamen atque oneribus vacarent, pro sacris bello Gallico receptis custoditisque,Gell. 16, 13, 6: municeps Cosanus, a citizen of (the municipium of) Cosa, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 161.Transf.A fellow-citizen, fellowcountryman: municeps noster,
,Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 125: di municipes, a term applied in contempt to those deities who were confined to particular localities: videmus gentiles deos colere municipes, ut Eleusinios Cererem, Phrygas Matrem, Epidaurios Aesculapium,Min. Fel. Oct. 6. Poet., of fishes: vendere municipes siluros,Juv. 4, 33. Of inanim. things: municipes Jovis advexisse lagenas, bottles, the countrymen of Jove, i. e. Cretan bottles, Juv. 14, 271.A freedman in a municipium, Dig. 50, 1, 1; so ib. 23 and 27.
municipalis mūnĭ-cĭpālis, e, adj.municipium, of or belonging to a municipium, municipal (class.): est enim ipse, a materno geuere, municipalis,Cic. Sull. 8, 25: homines,id. Att. 8, 13, 2: adulter,Tac. A. 4, 3: dolor, i. e. municipum, Cic. Att. 7, 11, 4. As the municipia were subordinate to the capital cities, the term is sometimes used in a contemptuous sense, analagous to our provincial: municipalis eques (of Cicero),Juv. 8, 236: municipalis harenae perpetui comites,id. 3, 34: municipales et cathedrarii oratores,Sid. Ep. 4, 3: poëtae,id. Carm. 9, 310: municipalia sacra vocantur, quae ab initio habuerunt ante civitatem Romanam acceptam, quae observare eos voluerunt Pontifices, et eo more facere, quo adfuissent (assuessent) antiquitus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 157 Müll. Hence, adv.: mūnĭcĭpā-lĭter, in a municipium (post-class.): municipaliter natus,Sid. Ep. 1, 11.
municipatim mūnĭcĭpātim, adv.municipium, by municipia (post-Aug.): municipatim dividendos censuit,Suet. Caes. 14 init.
municipatus mūnĭcĭpātus, ūs, m.id., citizenship (eccl. Lat.): πολίτευμα, id est municipatus, Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 24; Inscr. Orell. 3702.
municipiolum mūnĭcĭpĭŏlum, i, n.dim.municipium, a little municipium (post-class.), Sid. Ep. 3, 1.
municipium mūnĭcĭpĭum, ii, n.municeps, a town, particularly in Italy, which possessed the right of Roman citizenship (together with, in most cases, the right of voting), but was governed by its own laws; a free town (cf. municeps; syn.: civitas, oppidum): Sex. Roscius, pecuniā sui municipii facile primus,Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 15: nullum erat Italiae municipium,id. Sest. 14, 32: e municipio antiquissimo Tusculano,id. Planc. 8, 19. Sometimes for colonia: L. Castronius longe princeps municipii Lucensis,Cic. Fam. 13, 13 init.
munidator mūnĭdător, ōris, m.munus-dator, a bestower of gifts, Inscr. Afran. ap. Renier, 2928.
munifex mūnĭfex, ĭcis, com.munia-facio, one who performs service or is on duty (postAug.). Lit., of soldiers: munifices, milites, qui munera facere coguntur,Veg. Mil. 2, 7; cf. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. BENEFICIARII, p. 33 Müll.Transf., of things: munifex mamma,i. e.
munificentia mūnĭfĭcentĭa, ae, f.munificus, bountifulness, munificence, liberality, generosity (class., but not in Cic. or Cæs.): Caesar beneficiis ac munificentiā magnus habebatur,Sall. C. 54, 2: Caesaris,Suet. Caes. 10: naturae,Plin. 27, 1, 1, § 1: liberalitatem et munificentiam exercere,Dig. 39, 5, 1.
munificium mūnĭfĭcĭum, ii, n.munus-facio, subjection to public burdens (post-class.), Dig. 39, 4, 4, § 1 (al. munificum).
munifico mūnĭfĭco, 1, v. a.munificus, to present with any thing: aliquem aliquā re,Lucr. 2, 625.
munificus mūnĭfĭcus, a, um, adj.munusfacio, present-making, i. e. bountiful, liberal, benevolent, generous, munificent (class.; syn.: liberalis, beneficus). Of persons: ut munifica sim bonis,Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 212: in dando munificum esse,Cic. Off. 2, 18, 64: liberalissimus munificentissimusque,id. Rosc. Com. 8, 22. Of things: opes,Ov. P. 4, 1, 24: arca,Mart. 8, 38, 11. Comp.: munificior a munifico identidem Cato dixit, cum nunc munificentior dicamus, quamvis munificens non sit in usu, Paul. ex Fest. p. 155 Müll. Hence, adv.: mūnĭ-fĭcē, bountifully, munificently (class.): tam munifice et tam large dare,Cic. N. D. 3, 27, 69: adjuvisse,Liv. 22, 37.
munificus mūnĭfĭcus, a, um, adj.munia-facio, doing duty, on duty (post-class.): munifici milites (al. munifices),Dig. 50, 16, 18.
munimen mūnīmen, ĭnis, n.1. munio, a defence, fortification, rampart, enclosure (poet. and in post-class. prose): munimen ad imbres,
munimentum mūnīmentum (moen-, archaic form, Enn. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 106 B. and K.), i, n.id., a defence, fortification, intrenchment, rampart, bulwark, protection (class. but not in Cic.). Lit.: ut instar muri hae sepes munimenta praeberent,Caes. B. G. 2, 17: fossa, haud parvum munimentum, a planioribus aditu locis,Liv. 1, 33, 7: sepulcri,Dig. 11, 7, 37. Esp., of military fortifications, intrenchments: tenere se munimentis,Tac. A. 13, 36: domūs munimentis septae,id. ib. 15, 38: munimentis se defendere,id. H. 5, 20: coërcere intra munimenta militem,id. ib. 2, 18: munimenta perrumpere,id. A. 12, 17: regni, i. e. flumina,Curt. 4, 5, 4. Of a defence or covering for the body: munimentum ipsis equisque loricae plumatae sunt,Just. 41, 2, 10: pingues aliquando lacernas, munimenta togae accipimus,Juv. 9, 28.Trop., defence, protection, shelter: id munimentum (Horatium Coclem) illo die fortuna urbis Romanae habuit,Liv. 2, 10: rati, noctem sibi munimento fore,Sall. J. 97, 3: munimento foret,id. ib. 50, 3: legiones firma imperii munimenta,Tac. H. 4, 52: legum,Val. Max. 6, 3 prooem.; 2, 1, 5.
munio mūnĭo (old form moenio, v. below), īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (fut. munibis for munies, Veg. Vet. 1, 10, 5), v. a.moenia, lit. to wall; hence, to build a wall around, to defend with a wall, to fortify, defend, protect, secure, put in a state of defence (class.). Lit.: arcem ad urbem obsidendam,Nep. Tim. 3, 3: palatium,Liv. 1, 7: locum,Caes. B. G. 1, 24, 3. With abl.: Alpibus Italiam munierat ante natura,Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 34: domum praesidiis,id. Cat. 1, 4, 10: castra vallo fossāque,
with palisades and a trench
,Caes. B. G. 2, 5: locum muro,id. ib. 29. With a homogeneous object, prov.: magna moenis moenia,
you are undertaking a great thing
,Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 73: duovir urbis moeniendae,Inscr. Orell. 7142. Absol.: quod idoneum ad muniendum putarent, for fortifying, i. e. for use in the fortifications, Nep. Them. 6, 21; Hirt. B. G. 8, 31. Also, to surround, guard, for the protection of other things: ignem ita munire ut non evagaretur, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 12, 7, 7.Transf. In gen., to defend, guard, secure, protect, shelter: Pergamum divinā moenitum manu,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 2: hortum ab incursu hominum,Col. 11, 3, 2: spica contra avium morsūs munitur vallo aristarum,Cic. Sen. 15, 51: hieme quaternis tunicis et tibialibus muniebatur,
he defended, protected, covered himself
,Suet. Aug. 82. To make a road, etc., i. e. to make passable by opening, repairing, or paving it: quasi Appius Caecus viam munierit,Cic. Mil. 7, 17: rupem,Liv. 21, 37: itinera,Nep. Hann. 3, 4: TEMPE MVNIVIT,Inscr. Orell. 587. Trop.To guard, secure, strengthen, support (cf.: fulcio, sustineo): meretriculis Muniendis rem cogere,
,Cic. Mur. 23, 48: sibi viam ad stuprum,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 25, § 64. Hence, mūnītus, a, um, P. a., defended, fortified, protected, secured, safe (class.): nullius pudicitia munita contra tuam cupiditatem et audaciam posset esse,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39. Neutr. plur. munita as subst.: munita viāi, fortification or breastwork of the mouth (cf. Homer. ἕρκος ὀδόντων), the lips, Lucr. 3, 498. Comp.: se munitiorem ad custodiendam vitam suam fore,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 3. Sup.: munitissima castra,Caes. B. G. 4, 55. Adv.: mūnītē, securely, safely (ante-class.): munitius,Varr. L. L. 5, § 141. Müll.
munio munĭo, ōnis, a false reading for nomionem, v. Orell. and Klotz, ad h. l.; Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251.
munis mūnis, e, adj.cf. munus, ready to be of service or to oblige, obliging (ante-class.): dico ejus pro meritis gratum me et munem fore,Plaut. Merc. prol. 105: munifici munesque viri, Lucil. ap. Non. 23, 15; cf.: munem significare ... officiosum: unde e contrario immunis dicitur, qui nullo fungitur officio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 143 Müll.
munite mūnītē, adv., v. 1. munio, P. a. fin.
munitio mūnītĭo, ōnis, f.1. munio, a defending, fortifying, protecting (class.). Lit.: milites munitione prohibere,Caes. B. G. 1, 49: oppidi,Suet. Galb. 10: operis,
,Pall. 1, 34.Transf. Concr., a means of fortification or defence, a fortification, rampart, bulwark, intrenchment, walls (syn. munimentum): nisi munitione ac mole lapidum a mari (fons) disjunctus esset,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118: munitiones multiplices Piraei portus,Vell. 2, 23, 3: urbem operibus munitionibusque sepire,Cic. Phil. 13, 9, 20: demoliri, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 2, 204: facere,Caes. B. G. 1, 10: incendere,Nep. Eum. 5, 7: per munitionem introire,Sall. J. 38, 6: munitiones in urbem spectantes,Liv. 5, 5: munitiones et castella,Tac. A. 3, 74: multum munitionis,
of the walls
,Nep. Them. 7, 2. (Acc. to munio, I. B. 2.) A making passable of roads, by opening, paving, etc.: ex viarum munitione quaestum facere,
repairing the roads, work on the roads
,Cic. Font. 4, 7: multos ad munitiones viarum condemnavit,Suet. Calig. 27.Trop., a support: aditus ad causam et munitio aut quoddam ornamentum,
support to the cause
,Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 320 (al. communitio). (The gloss. of Fest. is prob. corrupt: munitio morsicatio ciborum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 143 Müll.)
munitiuncula mūnītĭuncŭla, ae, f.dim.munitio, a little fortification, Vulg. 1 Macc. 16, 15.
munito mūnīto, 1, v. freq. a.1. munio, to make passable, to open a road: viam,Cic. Rosc. Am. 48, 140.
munitor mūnītor, ōris, m.id., a fortifier, a worker on fortifications, an engineer, miner, etc. (not in Cic. or Cæs.), Tac. A. 1, 64: qui pro munitoribus armati steterant (al. munitionibus),Liv. 7, 23: munitorum numerus,
munitrix mūnītrix, īcis, f.munitor, a female fortifier, Prisc. 1122 P.
munitura mūnītūra, ae, f.1. munio, a protection, enclosure (post-class.). Lit.: SARCOPHAGI,Inscr. Grut. 589, 7.Transf., an apron, leathern apron: περιζώματα, quas vulgus etiam munituras vocat, Aug. ap. Jul. Pelag. 2, 6.
munitus mūnītus, a, um, Part. and P. a., v. 1. munio fin.
munus mūnus (old orthogr. moenus; moenera militiaï,Lucr. 1, 29), ĕris, n.root mu-; cf.: moenia, munis, munia, etc., a service, office, post, employment, function, duty (class.; syn.: officium, ministerium, honos). Lit.: munus significat officium, cum dicitur quis munere fungi. Item donum quod officii causā datur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 140 Müll. (cf. infra): munus curare,
,Cic. Sen. 11, 35: tuum est hoc munus, tuae partes: a te hoc civitas exspectat,
duty, office, obligation
,id. Fam. 11, 5, 3: principum est resistere levitati multitudinis,id. Mil. 8, 22: vitae,id. Sen. 11, 35: senectutis,id. Leg. 1, 3, 10. Esp., = onus, a duty, burden, tribute: cum hoc munus imponebatur tam grave civitati,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 51: id quoque munus leve atque commune Mamertinis remisisti,id. ib. 2, 5, 21, § 52: dum ne quis eorum munere vacaret,Liv. 25, 7, 4: non enim detractionem eam munerum militiae, sed apertam defectionem esse,id. 27, 9, 9.Transf.A work: majorum vigiliarum munus, Cic. Par. prooem.: solitudinis,
a work, book, written in solitude
,id. Off. 3, 1, 4.A service, favor: huc ire licet atque illuc munere ditium dominorum, Sall. Orat. Licin.; Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 1. In partic., the last service, office to the dead, i. e. burial: pro hominis dignitate amplo munere extulit, Nep. Eum. 4, 4 (dub.; al. funere): suprema,Verg. A. 11, 25: supremum mortis,Cat. 101, 3: debita,Val. Fl. 3, 313: fungi inani Munere,Verg. A. 6, 885: cineri haec mittite nostro Munera,id. ib. 4, 624.A present, gift (syn.: donum, praemium): bonum datum deorum concessu atque munere,Cic. Univ. 14: mittere alicui,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62: mittere aliquid alicui munere,
,id. 1, 35. In partic. A public show, spectacle, entertainment, exhibition, esp. a show of gladiators, which was given to the people by the magistrates, and generally by the ædiles, as an expression of gratitude for the honorable office to which they had been elected (cf.: ludus, spectaculum): erat munus Scipionis, dignum et eo ipso et illo Q. Metello, cui dabatur,Cic. Sest. 58, 124: munus magnificum dare,id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 6: praebere,id. Sull. 19, 54: functus est aedilicio maximo munere,i. e.
gave a splendid exhibition
,id. Off. 2, 16, 55: edere,Suet. Tit. 7: venationes, quae vocantur munera,Lact. 6, 20: munera nunc edunt,Juv. 3, 36; 4, 18.A public building for the use of the people, erected at the expense of an individual: Pompeii munera,
the theatre
,Vell. 2, 130, 1: aut ubi muneribus nati sua munera mater Addidit (i. e. theatro Marcelli porticum Octaviam),Ov. A. A. 1, 69.Transf., of the structure of the universe: effector vel moderator tanti operis et muneris,Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 70.
munusculum mūnuscŭlum, i, n.dim.munus, a small present (class.): amico munusculum levidense mittere,Cic. Fam. 9, 12, 2: nemini hoc deferre munusculum maluit, quam suo accusatori, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 1; 8, 12, 1: prima munuscula,Verg. E. 4, 18: exigit a te nulla munuscula,Juv. 6, 36.
Munychia Mūnychĭa, ae, f., = Μουνυχία, the port of Athens, Nep. Thras. 2, 5. Hence, Mū-nychĭus, a, um, adj., Munychian, poet for Athenian: agri,Ov. M. 2, 709.
muraena mūraena, ae, f., v. 1. Murena.
Muraena Mūraena, v. 2. Murena.
muralis mūrālis, e, adj.murus, of or belonging to a wall, wall-, mural (class.): muralis herba,
muralium mūrālĭum, i, n., a plant, also called muralis herba, parthenium, and perdicium, Plin. 21, 30, 104, § 176.
murana mūrāna, ae, f. (eccl. Lat.): super acervum stercoris atque muranam sedens Anon. (Hilar.) in Job, 2, p. 167; 2, p. 181; 3, p. 214 (Fr. moraine, a heap of stones; Sp. moron, a hill).
muratus mūrātus, a, um, adj.murus, walled, surrounded or defended by walls (postclass.): civitas,Veg. Mil. 1, 21; 3, 8fin.
Murcia Murcĭa (also written Murtia, Murtea, Myrtea), ae, f.An epithet of Venus, said to be taken from the myrtle, which was sacred to her, Varr. L. L. 5, § 154 Müll.; Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 121; Tert. Spect. 8.The goddess of sloth, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 16; Arn. 4, 132. Her temple was at the foot of the Aventine, which was formerly called Murcus, Liv. 1, 33, 5; Fest. p. 148; cf. murcidus.
murcidus murcĭdus, a, um, adj.murcus, slothful (ante-class.): dea Murcia, quae praeter modum non moveret, ac faceret hominem, ut ait Pomponius murcidum, id est nimis desidiosum, et inactuosum, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 16; Arn. 4, 9.
murciolus murcĭŏlus and murcĕŏlus, v. myrteolus.
Murcius Murcĭus (Murtĭus), a, um, adj.Murcia, Murtia, sacred to or called after Venus Murcia: Murciae or Murtiae metae (sc. in Circo)), so named because near the chapel of the goddess Murcia,App. M. 6, p. 176, 13: Vallis,
the valley in which her temple stood
,Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 404; Serv. Verg. A. 8, 636.
murcus murcus, i, m., a coward, who, to escape military service, cuts off his thumb (post-class.), Amm. 15, 12, 3.
Murcus Murcus, i, m., a Roman surname, e. g. L. Statius Murcus, Cic. Phil. 11, 12, 30. The old name of the Aventine Hill, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Murciae deae, p. 148 Müll.
Murena Murena, ae, f. (ante-class form Muraena, but without class. authority), a Roman surname in the gens Licinia, Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 10; Col. 8, 16. So, L. Licinius Murena, who was defended by Cicero, in an oration still extant, against the charge of ambitus, Cic. Mur. 7, 15, etc. A. Terentus Varro Murena, an intimate friend of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 16, 12, 6; 13, 22, 1. L. Licinius Varro Murena, brother-in-law of Mæcenas, Hor. S. 1, 5, 38. Hence, Mū-renĭānus (Mūraen-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Murænd, Murænian: oratio, i. e. that pronounced by Cicero on behalf of L. Licinius Murena, Mart. Cap. 5, 172, § 525.
murenula mūrēnŭla (mūraen-), ae, f.dim.1. murena. A small murena (late Lat.): murenulam strictis manibus tenere, Hier. praef. in Job.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.
murex mūrex, ĭcis, m.The purple-fish, Plin. 9, 36, 60, § 125; Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299, 11 (Heduph. v. 11, p. 167 Vahl.): Baianus,Hor. S. 2, 4, 32. The Tritons used the shell as a tuba, Val. Fl. 3, 726. The shells were also used for holding liquids, Mart. 3, 82, 27. And for adorning grottos: summa lacunabant alterno murice conchae,Ov. M. 8, 563.Transf.The purple dye, purple, made from the juice of the purple-fish: Tyrioque ardebat murice laena,Verg. A. 4, 262. Of bodies shaped (pointed) like the purplefish. A pointed rock or slone: acuto in murice remi Obnixi crepuere,Verg. A. 5, 205: Cato sternendum forum muricibus censuerat,
with small, pointed stones
,Plin. 19, 1, 6, § 24.A sharp murex-shell used for a bridle-bit: acuto murice frenat Delphinas bijuges,Stat. Achill. 1; 221.A caltrop, with sharp points in every direction: murices ferreos in terram defodisse Dareum, quā hostem equites emissurum esse credebat,Curt. 4, 13, 36; Val. Max. 3, 7, 2.A spike of iron: armarium muricibus praefixum,Gell. 6, 4, 4.
Murgantia Murgantĭa, ae, f.A city in Samnium, now Baselice, Liv. 10, 17, 11.A city in Sicily, also called Murgentia, now perh. Mandri Bianchi, Liv. 26, 21, 17; 24, 27, 5; Sil. 14, 266. Hence, Murgan-tĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Murgantia (in Samnium), Murgantian: POPVLVS MVRGANTIVS,Inscr. Orell. 141: Romanelli, Topogr. Napol. t. 2, p. 481.Mur-gentīnus (Murgant-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city of Murgantia (in Sicily), Murgantine: vinum,Cato, R. R. 6: ager,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47. In plur. subst.: Murgentīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Murgantia, Murgantines, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 103; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91.
murgiso murgiso, ōnis, m., a crafty advocate: murgisonem dixerunt a morā et decisione, Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll.
muria mŭrĭa, ae (collat. form mŭrĭes, ēi. v infra), f.ἁλμυοίς, salt liquor, brine, pickle: oleae conduntur vel virides in muriā,Cato, R. R. 7; cf.: oleae ex muriā durā,Cels. 4, 9: dura,id. 4, 15: ut melius muriā, quam testa marina remittat,Hor. S. 2, 8, 53. Form muries, Cato, R. R. 88, 2; Paul. ex Fest. p. 158 sq. Müll.; Fab. Pict. ap. Non. 223, 17.
muriaticus mŭrĭātĭcus, a, um, adj.muria, pickled or lying in brine; perh. only as subst.: mŭrĭātĭcum, i, n., a pickled fish (Plautinian), Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 32: (coqua) scit, muriatica ut maceret,id. ib. 1, 2, 38.
muricatim mūrĭcātim, adv.murex, in the shape of a purple-fish (post-Aug.): vertice muricatim intorto,Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 162.
muricatus mūrĭcātus, a, um, adj.id., shaped like a purple-fish, pointed. Lit.: folia spinosa, muricatis cacuminibus,Plin. 20, 23, 99, § 262.Transf. (acc. to murex, II. B. 3.), fearful, timid, as if walking over caltrops: gressus,Fulg. Myth. 1.
muriceus mūrĭcĕus, a, um, adj.id., like a purple-fish, pointed, full of points, rough (post-class.): lacunae,Aus. Ep. 9, 4.
muricidus mūrĭcīdus (murric-), i, m.perh. mus-caedo, mouse-killer, a coward, poltroon, as a term of abuse: vae tibi muricide homo,Plaut. Ep. 3, 1, 12; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 125 Müll.
muriculus mūrĭcŭlus, i, m.dim.murex, a small purple-fish (ante-class.), Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299, 11 (Heduph. v. 11 Vahl. p. 167).
muricus mūrĭcus, i, m.mus, a mouser: poëta non musicus, sed muricus, Ven. Fort. praef. Lib. 1, p. 31 Brower.
muries mŭrĭes, ēi, v. muria.
murilegulus mūrĭ-lĕgŭlus, i, m.murex-legulus, one who gathers or fishes for the purple-fish (post-class.), Cod. Th. 10, 20, 5; 14 sqq.; Cod. Just. 11, 7, 11.
murmur murmur, ŭris, n. (m.: murmur fit verus, Varr. ap. Non. 214, 14) [Sanscr. marmara, susurrus, murmur, and the Greek μορμύρω and μυρμύρω], a murmur, murmuring; a humming, roaring, growling, grumbling; a rushing, crashing, etc. (class.; syn.: fremitus, strepitus, fragor, stridor, susurrus): murmur populi,Liv. 45, 1: serpitque per agmina murmur. Verg. A. 12, 239: quanto porrexit murmure panem,Juv. 5, 67. Of prayer, a low, indistinct tone: quos ubi placavit precibus et murmure longo,Ov. M. 7, 251; Juv. 10, 290. Of the humming of bees: strepit omnis murmure campus,Verg. A. 6, 709. Of the roar of a lion, Mart. 8, 55, 1; of the tiger: tigridis Hyrcanae jejunum murmur,Stat. Th. 12, 170. Of inanimate things, a murmur, roar, rushing, crashing, crash, rumbling: nam et odor urbanitatis, et mollitudo humanitatis, et murmur maris, et dulcedo orationis sunt ducta a ceteris sensibus,Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 161: dare,
,id. E. 9, 58. Of thunder: exanimes primo murmure caeli,Juv. 13, 224. Of a volcanic mountain: Aetnaei verticis,Suet. Calig. 51. Of an earthquake, a roaring, rumbling: praecedit sonus, alias murmuri similis, alias mugitibus, aut clamori humano, armorumve pulsantium fragori,Plin. 2, 80, 82, § 193. Of wind-instruments: cornuum,
murmuro murmŭro, āvi, ātum, 1, and (ante- and post-class.) murmŭror, ātus, 1, v. dep.id., to murmur, mutter; to rustle, rumble, roar, etc. (cf.: susurro, musso, fremo, strepo). Neutr. Form murmuro: secum murmurat,Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 13; Varr. L. L. 6, § 67 Müll. Of discontented persons, to mutter, grumble: servi murmurant,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 149: et murmuravit omnis congregatio,Vulg. Exod. 16, 2 al. Of the nightingale: secum ipse murmurat,Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82: magia carminibus murmurata,
,Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 6. Form murmuror: murmurari coepimus, Varr. ap. Non. 478: populus murmurari coepit, Quadrig. ib. 7; Varr. ib. 11.Act., transf., to mutter or grumble at a thing: quidam tarditatem poëtae murmurari,App. Flor. p. 353 fin.
muro mūro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.murus, to provide with walls (late Lat.): civitatem,Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 12, 2; Veg. Mil. 1, 21: ca stella,id. ib. 3, 8: urbes,Hier. in Isa. 1, 2, 15ext.
Murocincta Murocincta, ae, f., a villa of Valentinian in Lower Pannonia, Amm. 30, 10, 4.
murra murra (less correctly myrrha, murrha, v. Bramb. Orthog. p. 107), ae, f., = μύρρα. Prop., the myrrh-tree, an Arabian tree, of which myrrh was the sap: murram in iisdem silvis permixtā arbore nasci tradidere aliqui,Plin. 12, 15, 33, § 66; Ov. M. 10, 310; 15, 399.Meton.Myrrh, the gum which exudes from the myrrh-tree. The ancients used it to flavor their wine; they also anointed their hair with a perfumed unguent made from it: lautissima apud priscos vina erant, murrae odore condita,Plin. 14, 13, 15, § 92: crines murrā madentes,Verg. A. 12, 100: crines murrā madidi,Ov. M. 5, 53; 3, 555; 4, 393; cf. id. Med. Fac. 88. Personified, the daughter of Cinyras, who was changed into a myrrh-tree, Ov. M. 10, 298 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 58.
murra murra, ae, and murris, ĭdis, f., = μύρρα and μνρρίς, a plant, called also smyrrhiza, sweet - cicely, Plin. 24, 16, 97, § 154.
murra murra (less correctly murrha, myrrha), ae, f., = μύρρα. A stone of which costly vessels (v. murrinus and murreus) were made: maculosae pocula murrae,Mart. 10, 80, 1; hence, poet. transf., vessels of murra, murrine vases, id. 4, 86.The myrrh-tree and myrrh, v. myrrha. Murra, the name of a horse, perh. of a spotted one, Inscr. Grut. 341.
Murranus Murrānus (Murrhan-), i, m.The name of a mythic king of the Latins, Verg. A. 12, 529.Name of a slave, Inscr. Mur. 1379, 1.
murratus murrātus (less correctly myrrhā-tus), a, um, adj.Spiced or mingled with myrrh (post-class.): potio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 158 Müll.: vinum,Vulg. Marc. 15, 23.Anointed with balsam of myrrh: Satiapae,Sid. Ep. 8, 3.
murreus murrĕus (myrrhĕus, mur-rhĕus), a, um, adj.1. murra, of or belonging to myrrh. Esp. Anointed with myrrh, perfumed with myrrh (poet.): crinis,Hor. C. 3, 14, 22.Like myrrh, of the color of myrrh, yellowish, Prop. 3, 10, 20 (4, 9, 22).
murreus murrĕus (murrhĕus, myr-rhĕus), a, um, adj.3. murra, of or belonging to the stone murra, murrean: pocula,made of murra, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 26. poculum,Sen. Ep. 119, 3.‡ † murrhacŏpum, i, n., = μύρραἄκοπον, a medicament compounded with myrrh, for removing weariness: acopum murrhacopum,Not. Tir. p. 160.
murricidus murrĭcīdus, v. muricidus.
murrinus murrĭnus (murrhĭnus, myr-rhĭnus), a, um, adj.1. murra, of or belonging to myrrh: odor,Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 6: oleo,Vulg. Esth. 2, 12. Subst.: mur-rĭna, ae, f. (sc. potio), a drink made of good wine, flavored with myrrh and other spices, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 51; Doss. ap. Plin. 14, 13, 15, § 92; § 93; cf.: murrina, genus potionis quae Graece dicitur νέκταρ, Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll.
murrinus murrĭnus (murrhĭnus, myr-rhĭnus), a, um, adj.3. murra, of or belonging to the stone murra, murrine (postAug.). Adj.: trulla,
,id. 36, 26, 67, § 198.Subst.: murrĭna or myrrĭna, ōrum, n. (sc. vasa), vessels of murra, murrine vases, murrines: murrina et crystallina ex eādem terrā effodimus,Plin. 33 prooem. § 5; 37, 2, 7, § 18; Juv. 6, 156.
murrio murrĭo, 4, v. n.mus, to squeak like a mouse, Gloss. Isid.
murritis murrītis, v. myrrhites.
murrobathrarius murrŏbathrārĭus (murrhob-, murob-), ii, m.μύρρα‐βάθρον, shoe, a balsam-shoemaker, one who gives the shoes a balsamic smell, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 37 (dub.; Wagn. diabatharii; al. myrobathrarius, al. malobathrarius, al. myrobrecharius).
Mursa Mursa or Mursĭa, ae, f., a city in Pannonia, now Esgek, Eutr. 9, 6; 10, 6; Aur. Vict. Epit. 41. Hence, Mursen-sis or Mursĭensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Mursa or Mursia, Mursian: Mursense proelium,Amm. 15, 5, 33: episcopus (al. Mursiensis),Hier. adv. Lucifer. 18.Mursīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city of Mursa, Mursian: labes,Aur. Vict. Caesar. 33.
murta murta, ae, v. myrtus.
murtatus murtātus and murtĕus, a, um, v. myrt-.
murtetum murtētum, v. myrtetum.
Murtius Murtĭus, v. Murcius.
murtum murtum, i, v. myrtum.
murus mūrus (archaic orthogr. moerus, Varr. L. L. 5, 32, § 41 Müll.; Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. G. 1, 18, or Ann. v. 376 Vahl.; Verg. A. 10, 24: moirus,Inscr. Orell. 566), i, m.from root mū-; cf.: moenia, munis, a wall; esp. a city wall; mostly in plur. (class.; cf.: moenia, paries, maceria). Lit.: muri urbis,Cic. N. D. 3, 40, 94: Helvii intra oppida murosque compelluntur,Caes. B. G. 7, 65: instruere,Nep. Th. 6, 4: ducere,Verg. A. 1, 423: aedificare,Ov. M. 11, 204: marmoreus,
a balcony
,Calp. Ecl. 7, 48. Also, the wall of a building, Cic. Att. 2, 4, 7: sanctae res, veluti muri et portae, quodammodo divini juris sunt,Gai. Inst. 2, 9.Transf.A bank, mound, dam, Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 3.The rim or side of a pot or boiler: quae tenui muro spatiosum colligat orbem,Juv. 4, 132.The wooden tower of an elephant, Sil. 9, 601.The head-dress of Cybele, ornamented with towers: crinalis, Claud. in. Eutr. 2, 284.Trop., a wall, a safeguard, protection, defence (rare but class.): lex Aelia et Fufia, propugnacula murique tranquillitatis,Cic. Pis. 4, 9: Graiūm murus Achilles,Ov. M. 13, 280: cor munitum costarum et pectoris muro,Plin. 11, 37, 69, § 181: hic murus aëneus esto,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 60.
Musa Mūsa, ae, f., = Μοῦσα, a muse, one of the goddesses of poetry, music, and the other liberal arts. The ancients reckoned nine of them, viz.: Clio, the muse of history; Melpomene, of tragedy; Thalia, of comedy; Euterpe, of the flute; Terpsichore, of dancing; Calliope, of epic poetry; Erato, of lyric poetry; Urania, of astronomy; Polyhymnia, of the mimic art, Aus. Idyll. 20; Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 92: Musarum delubra,Cic. Arch. 11, 27: hic Musarum parens domusque Pieria, Mela, 2, 3, 2: crassiore Musā,
in a plainer, clearer manner, without too much refinement
,Quint. 1, 10, 28: sine ullā Musā, without any genius, wit, taste, Varr. ap. Non. 448, 16.Transf.A song, a poem: musa procax,Hor. C. 2, 1, 37: pedestris,
a style of poetry bordering on prose
,id. S. 2, 6, 17.Plur., sciences, studies: quis est omnium, qui modo cum Musis, id est cum humanitate et cum doctrinā habeat aliquod commercium, qui, etc.,Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 66: agrestiores,id. Or. 3, 12: mansuetiores,
Musa Mūsa, ae, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Antonius Musa, a physician in ordinary of Augustus, Suet. Aug. 59; Plin. 19, 8, 38, § 128: Q. Pomponius Musa, in Eckhel. D. N. V. t. 5, p. 283.
Musagetes Mūsăgĕtes, ae, m., = Μουσαγέτης, leader of the muses, an epithet of Apollo and Hercules, Eum. Rest. Schol. 7.
musca musca, ae, f.Sanscr. makshikà, a fly; Gr. μυῖα, of which musca, μυἱσκα, may be a dim. form; cf. Germ. Mücke; Engl. midge, musquito, a fly, Varr. R. R. 3, 16: puer, abige muscas,Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 247: muscas fugare,Mart. 3, 82, 12: muscas captare ac stilo praeacuto configere (solebat Domitianus),Suet. Dom. 3. Transf., of troublesome persons. So of inquisitive, prying people, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 26; of obtrusive, unbidden guests,id. Poen. 3, 3, 76.
,Vitr. 7, 3, 11. Hence, Subst.: muscā-rĭum, ii, n., a fly-flap, fly-brush, used also as a clothes-brush, made of peacocks' tails, Mart. 14, 67in lemm.; or hairy ox-tails, id. 14, 71in lemm.; or horse-tails, Veg. Vet. 4, 1.Transf.The hairy or fibrous part of plants, the umbel: semine in muscariis dependente,Plin. 12, 26, 57, § 127.A closet or safe, in which writings were kept to protect them from the flies, Inscr. Rom. Viagg. a Pompeii, p. 168.
muscellarium muscellārĭum, ii, n.mus, a mousetrap: muscellarium, viverrarium, γαλεάγρα, Gloss. Philox.
muscidus muscĭdus, a, um. adj.muscus, full of moss, mossy (post-class.): pumices,Sid. Ep. 8, 16.
muscipula muscĭpŭla, ae, f., and muscĭpŭ-lum, i, n.mus-capio, a mouse-trap: muscipulum, μυάγρα, Gloss. Philox.; Lucil. ap. Non. 266, 2: qui saepe laqueos, et muscipula effugerat, Phaedr. 4, 1, 8 verendum est, ne quando in muscipulā syllabas capiam, Sen. Ep. 48.
muscipulator muscĭpŭlātor, ōris, m.muscipula, a mouse-catcher; trop., a deceiver: muscipulator, deceptor, alterplex, Gloss. Isid.
,Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 10. In milit. lang., a shed, mantelet (cf.: vinea, testudo); for its form and construction, v. Caes. B. C. 2, 10, 1; id. B. G. 7, 84; Veg. R. Mil. 4, 16.A kind of small sailing vessel: longae naves sunt, quas dromones vocamus: dictae eo quod longiores sint ceteris: quibus contrarius musculus, curtum navigium,Isid. Orig. 19, 1.
muscus muscus, i, m.Moss, Cato, R. R. 6: musco circumlita saxa,Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 7: mollis,Ov. M. 8, 562.Musk, Hier. in Jov. 2, n. 8.
museiarius mūseiārĭus and mūsaeārĭus, ii, m., for musivarius, a worker in mosaic (post-class.): marmorarius, musaearius, albarius, Edit. Diocl. p. 19; Inscr. Grut. 586, 3.
Museum Mūsēum, i, and Mūsīum, ĭi, n., = Μουσεῖον, a seat of the muses, a museum; a place for learned occupations, a library, academy, study, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 9; Suet. Claud. 42; Spart. Hadr. 20; a grotto, Plin. 36, 21, 42, § 154.
Museus Mūsēus or Mūsaeus, a, um, adj., = Μουσεῖος, of or belonging to the muses, poetical or musical (poet.): musaea mele,Lucr. 2, 412: musaeo lepōre,id. 1, 934: vates,i. e.
Orpheus
,App. M. 2, p. 124. For musivus, mosaic, Inscr. Spon. Miscell. Sect. 2.
Musia Mūsĭa, ae, f., for Mysia, like Suria for Syria, Don. Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 8.
musica mūsĭca, ae, and mūsĭcē, ēs, f., = μουσική, the art of music, music; acc. to the notions of the ancients, also every higher kind of artistic or scientific culture or pursuit: musicam Damone aut Aristoxeno tractante? etc.,Cic. de Or. 3, 33, 132: socci et cothurni,i. e.
comic and dramatic poetry
,Aus. Ep. 10, 43: musice antiquis temporibus tantum venerationis habuit, ut,Quint. 1, 10, 9.
Musicani Musicāni, ōrum, m., a people on the Indus, Curt. 9, 8, 8; 10; 16.
musicarius mūsĭcārĭus, ii, m.musicus, a musical-instrument maker, Inscr. Grut. 654, 1.
musicatus mūsĭcātus, a, um, adj.musica, set to music (post-class.): cantilenae,App. Trism. p. 81, 33.
musice mūsĭcē, adv., v. musicus fin.
musice mūsĭcē, v. musica.
musicus mūsĭcus. a, um, adj., = μουσικός. Of or belonging to music, musical (class.). Adj.: leges musicae,
the rules of music
,Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 39: sonus citharae,Phaedr. 4, 18, 20: pedes,Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 6.Subst. mūsĭcus, i, m., a musician: musicorum aures,Cic. Off. 1, 41, 146.mūsĭ-ca, ōrum, n., music: in musicis numeri, et voces, et modi,Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 187: dedere se musicis,id. ib. 1, 3, 10: et omnia musicorum organa,Vulg. 1 Par. 16, 42. In gen. Of or belonging to poetry, poetical; subst., a poet: applicare se ad studium musicum, the art of poetry, Ter. Heaut. prol. 23: ars,id. Phorm. prol. 18: musicus pes, a metrical foot of five syllables, ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ (e. g. temperantia),Diom. p. 478 P.Of or belonging to science, scientific: ludus, scientific occupation, Gell. praef. Hence, adv.: * mūsĭcē, = μουσικῶς: musice hercle agitis aetatem, you are in clover, i. e. living luxuriously at another's expense, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 40.
Musigena Mūsĭ-gĕna, ae, m.Musa-gigno, muse-born, son of a muse (post-class.), Rufin. de Compos. et Metr. Orat.
musimo mūsĭmo or musmo, ŏnis, m., = μούσμων, an animal of Sardinia, prob. the muflone, from which we have the tame sheep, Plin. 8, 49, 75, § 199.Transf.: musimones asini, muli, aut equi breves. Lucil. lib. sexto: pretium emit, qui vendit equum musimonem (i. e. a stallion). Cato Deletorio: asinum aut musimonem aut arietem,Non. 137, 22 sq.; cf. Serv. Verg. G. 3, 446.
musinor mūsĭnor, āri, v. muginor fin.
Musium Mūsīum, ii, v. Museum.
musivarius mūsīvārĭus, ii, m.musivum, a worker in mosaic (post-class.): intestinarii, statuarii, musivarii, Imp. Const. Cod. Just. 10, 64, 1; Cassiod. Var. 7, 5.
musivus mūsīvus, a, um, adj.musa, of or belonging to a muse, artistic: fontem opere musivo exornare,Inscr. Orell. 3323; cf. Museus. As subst.: mūsīvum, i, n., = μουσεῖον, mosaic work, mosaic (post-class.): pictum de musivo,Spart. Pesc. 6: musivo picta genera hominum, Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 8.
musmo musmo, v. musimo.
Musonius Mūsōnĭus, i, m., a famous Stoic philosopher of the time of Tiberius, Vespasian, and Titus, teacher of Epictetus, Tac. A. 14, 59; Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 5; Amm. 27, 9, 6; Gell. 16, 1, 1. Hence, Mūsōnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Musonius, Musonian, Amm. 15, 13, 1; 16, 9, 2.
mussatio mussātĭo, ōnis, f.musso, a suppression of the voice, silence (post-class.), v. l. ap. Amm. 20, 8, 9 (al. simulatione).
mussitabundus mussĭtābundus, a, um, adj.mussito, suppressing the voice, silent, Vet. Gloss.
mussitatio mussĭtātĭo, ōnis, f.id., a suppression of the voice, silence (post-class.), App. M. 8 init.; Hier. in Isa. praef. 9; Tert. Pudic. 7; Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 3, 35.
mussitator mussĭtātor, ōris, m.id., a silent person, a mutterer, Vulg. Isa. 29, 24; cf. mussitator, ὀπογογγυστής, Vet. Gloss.A grumbler: mussitatores discent legem,Vulg. Isa. 29, 24.
mussito mussĭto, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [musso]. Neutr., to be silent, keep quiet, not let one's self be heard; to speak in an undertone, to mutter, grumble (not in Cic. or Cæs.): si sapis, mussitabis,Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 65: sub lectis latentes metu mussitant,id. Cas. 3, 5, 33: ita clam quidam mussitantes,Liv. 1, 50: cum David vidisset servos suos mussitantes,Vulg. 2 Reg. 12, 19: contra nos,id. Exod. 16, 7.Act., to say in a low tone, to mutter, murmur any thing: to be silent respecting, to take no notice of a thing: ego (haec) mecum mussito,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 119; id. Truc. 2, 2, 57; 2, 6, 10. With rel.-clause: malo ambigere bonos, quam ob rem id non meruerim, quam, quod est gravius, cur impetraverim, mussitare,Amm. 14, 6, 8: accipienda et mussitanda injuria adulescentium est,
musso musso, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. (depon. collat. form: discumbimus mussati, Varr. ap. Non. 249, 10) [root mu-, shut; Sanscr. mūkas, dumb; Gr. μυάω, μυώψ; cf. μυστήριον; Lat. mutus], to say in a low tone, to mutter, murmur; to be silent respecting a thing (not in Cic. or Cæs.; syn.: mutio, murmuro). Lit.: mussare murmurare. Ennius: in occulto mussabant. Vulgo vero pro tacere dicitur, ut idem Ennius: non decet mussare bonos, Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll. (cf. Ann. v. 185; 348; 426; Trag. v. 432 Vahl.): soli Aetoli id decretum clam mussantes carpebant,Liv. 33, 31: flent maesti mussantque patres,Verg. A. 11, 454; Anthol. Lat. 1, 170, 108: aequum non est occultum id haberi, neque per metum mussari, to bear or brook in silence, Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 12: egomet mecum mussito: Bona mea inhiant, id. Mil. 3, 1, 118: quidquid est, mussitabo potius quam inteream,
keep it to myself
,id. ib. 2, 3, 40: ergo si sapis, mussitabis,id. ib. 2, 5, 67. Poet., of bees, to murmur, hum, Verg. G. 4, 188.Transf., to be afraid to say or do any thing, to be in fear or uncertainty: mussat rex ipse Latinus, Quos generos vocet,i. e.
mustaceus mustācĕus, i, m., and mustācĕum, i, n., a must-cake or laurel-cake, a kind of wedding-cake mixed with must and baked on bay-leaves: mustaceos sic facito, etc.,Cato, R. R. 121; Juv. 6, 200. Prov.: laureolam in mustaceo quaerere, to look for a laurel-wreath in a cake, i. e. for fame in trifles, Cic. Att. 5, 20, 4.
mustarius mustārĭus, a, um, adj.mustum, of or belonging to must (ante-class.): urceus,Cato, R. R. 11.
mustricola mustrĭcŏla (mustrĭcŭla), ae, f., a shoemaker's last, Paul. ex Fest. p. 147 Müll.; Afran. ib. (Com. Rel. v. 421 Rib.).
mustulentus mustŭlentus, a, um, adj.mustum, abounding in new wine or must (ante- and post-class.). Lit.: mustulentus auctumnus,App. M. 2, p. 116, 20.Transf., mustulentus aestus (or ventus), Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 63 fin.; 415, 15.
mustum mustum, i, v. mustus, II.
mustuosus mustŭōsus, a, um, adj.mustum, full of new wine (late Lat.), Cassiod. ap. Ps. 79, s. f.
mustus mustus, a, um, adj., young, new, fresh (as adj. only ante-class.): agna, Cato ap. Prisc. 711 P.: vinum,id. R. R. 115.Subst.: mustum, i, n., new or unfermented wine, must, Cato, R. R. 120: dulce,Verg. G. 1, 295: novum,Plin. Ep. 9, 16, 2: linire victuro dolia musto,Juv. 9, 58. Plur., of the different kinds of must, Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 125 al. Poet. in plur.: musta, ōrum, vintages, i. e. autumns: tercentum musta videre,Ov. M. 14, 146. Trop.: quasi de musto ac lacu fervidam orationem fugiendam,Cic. Brut. 83, 288.Transf., of oil: olei musta, new oil (al. olei, quam musta), Plin. 15, 1, 2, § 5.
Muta Mūta, ae, f., a goddess, called also Lara and Larunda, whom Jupiter, on account of her talkativeness, struck dumb, Ov. F. 2, 583; Lact. 1, 20; id. 1, 35.
mutabilis mūtābĭlis, e, adj.muto, changeable, mutable (class.): omne corpus mutabile est,Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 30: sidera quae vaga et mutabili erratione (al. ratione) labuntur,id. Univ. 10: forma civitatis,id. Rep. 2, 23, 43: varium et mutabile semper Femina,
an inconstant thing
,Verg. A. 4, 569: animus vulgi,Liv. 2, 7. Comp.: quid inconstantius, aut mutabilius?Val. Max. 6, 19, 14. Sup.: mutabilissimae deorum voluntates, Porcius Latro decl. in Catil. 16. Hence, adv.: mū-tābĭlĭter, changeably (ante-class.): mutabiliter avet, Varr. ap. Non. 139, 26.
mutatio mūtātĭo, ōnis, f.1. muto. A changing, altering, a change, alteration, mutation (freq. and class.; cf. vicissitudo): consilii mutatio optimus est portus paenitenti,Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 7: mutationem facere,
,Tac. Agr. 28. In partic., in posting, a changing or change of horses, Amm. 21, 9, 4; cf. Cod. Th. 8, 5, 53. Rhet. term, = ύπαλλαγή, interchange of expressions, Quint. 9, 3, 92.
mutator mūtātor, ōris, m.id., a changer; an exchanger, barterer (poet. and post-Aug. prose): mutator circulus anni, i. e. Zodiacus,Luc. 10, 202: mercis mutator Eoae, i. e. mercator,id. 8, 854: equorum, i. e. desultor,Val. Fl. 6, 161: mercium commerciorumque mutator,Arn. 3, 119.
mutatorius mūtātōrĭus, a, um, adj.mutator, of or belonging to changing or exchanging (post-class.). Adj.: indumentum,Tert. Res. Carn. 56.Subst.: mūtātōrĭ-um, i, n.A cape, tippet, wimple, change of raiment; Gr. ἀναβόλαιον, Hier. in Isa. 3, 22; Vulg. Isa. 3, 22; id. Zech. 3, 4 al. Mutatorium Caesaris, perh. a house of accommodation or a pleasure-house, Inscr. Gud. 199, 7.
mutatura mūtātūra, ae, f.1. muto, the exchange of money, paying in exchange, Nov. Majorian. de Curial. 4, 7, c. 1, § 14; 16.
Mutilum Mutĭlum, i, n., a city in Gallia Cispadana, now Modigliano, Liv. 31, 2, 7.
mutilus mŭtĭlus, a, um, adj.μιτυλος or μύτιλος, maimed, mutilated (class.; syn.: truncus, curtus, mancus). Lit. So of those who cut off a thumb to escape military service, Cod. Th. 7, 13, 10: grabatulus uno pede mutilus,App. M. 1, p. 107, 19: naves (al. mutilatae),Liv. 37, 24: litterae,Gell. 17, 9, 12. Of horned animals which have lost one or both horns: bos,Varr. L. L. 9, § 33 Müll.: alces mutilae sunt cornibus,
,id. Hec. 5, 4, 26: si muttivero, etiam quod certo scio,Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 84.Transf.To bleat, as a he-goat, Auct. Carm. Philom. 58; to bark: non mutiet canis,Vulg. Exod. 11, 7.To creak, of a hinge: num muttit cardo?Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 94. Mutire, loqui. Ennius in Telepho: palam mutire plebeio piaculum est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 145 Müll. (Trag. v. 376 Vahl.).
mutitas mūtĭtas, ātis, f.mutus, dumbness: ἀφωνία, mutitas, Gloss. Gr. Lat.
mutitatio mūtĭtātĭo, ōnis, f.mutito, a mutual inviting or invitation: NOBILIVM MVTITATIONES CENARVM, Verr. Fl. ap. Kalend. Praenest. ap. Inscr. Orell. 2, p. 388 sq.
mutitio mūtītĭo or muttītĭo, ōnis, f.mutio, a muttering, mumbling (Plautin.): quid tibi hanc curatio'st rem, verbero, aut mutitio?Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 21.
mutito mūtĭto, 1, v. freq. a.1. muto, to interchange, to appoint by turns; hence, to invite by turns, give mutual invitations (ante-class.): principes civitatis, qui ludis Megalensibus antiquo ritu mutitarent, id est, mutua inter se convivia agitarent,Gell. 2, 24, 2; 18, 2, 11.
mutitus mūtītus, a, um, Part., v. mutio.
Mutius Mŭtĭus, v. Mucius.
muto mūto, āvi, ātum (arch. subj. mutassis, Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 49; inf. pass. mutarier, id. Men. prol. 74), 1, v. a. and n.freq. [moveo]. Prop., to move, to move away or from its place, to move to a place (rare): neque se luna quoquam mutat,
does not move, does not budge
,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 117: illa tamen se Non habitu mutatve loco, does not quit her dress or her dwelling, Hor. S. 2, 7, 64: ne quis invitus civitate mutetur,
,Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 73.Transf. Of change in the thing spoken of itself. In gen. Act., to alter, change a thing (freq. and class.; cf. vario): sententiam mutare numquam,Cic. Mur 29, 61: ego rogatus mutavi consilium meum. id. Fam. 4, 4, 4: consuetudinem dicendi,id. Brut. 91, 314: mentes vestras voluntatesque,id. Prov. Cons. 10, 25: cum testamentum mutare cuperet,id. Clu. 11, 31: propositum. Petr. 116: ne haec mutet fidem,Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 36: nequeo exorare ut me maneat et cum illo ut mutet fidem, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 28: tabulas,
,Juv. 13, 240. With ob: mutatum jus ob unius feneratoris libidinem,Liv. 8, 28, 1: facilem mutatu gentem,Tac. A. 14, 23. With ad: gubernatori ad incursus tempestatum ... ratio mutanda est,Quint. 10, 7, 3: ad singulas paene distinctiones vultus mutandus est,id. 11, 3, 47. With Gr. acc.: mutata suos flumina cursus,Verg. E. 8, 4: negat quicquam ex Latinā ratione mutandum,Quint. 1, 5, 89. With cum: cum illo fidem,Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 28 supra; more freq. cum aliquā re, to change with or under the influence of a thing: facies locorum cum ventis simul mutatur,Sall. J. 78, 3: qui cum fortunā non animum mutāsset,Vell. 2, 82, 2: quarum uvarum vini jucunditas cum regione mutatur,Col. 3, 2, 16; Ambros. in Abrah. 2, 10, 68. With in and acc.: bona facile mutantur in pejus,Quint. 1, 1, 5. With ex: nisi forte non ex Graeco mutantes, etc.,Quint. 3, 4, 14: ex feminis mutari in mares,Plin. 7, 4, 3, § 36. With de: de uxore nihil mutat,Ter. And. 5, 4, 46. With ab: quantum mutatus ab illo Hectore,Verg. A. 2, 274: longe mutatus ab illo Sampsone, qui, etc.,Ambros. Spir. Sanc. 2, prol. § 13. Non mutat, with rel.-clause, it makes no difference: nec mutat confestim, an interjecto tempore, fidem suam adstrinxerunt, Pap. Dig. 46, 1, 52, § 2. With abl. instrum. (poet.): ut silvae foliis pronos mutantur in annos,Hor. A. P. 60.Neutr., = mutari, to alter, change: quantum mores mutaverint argumentum,Liv. 39, 51, 10: postquam mutabat aestus,Tac. A. 2, 23; 12, 20: annona ex ante convectā copiā nihil mutavit,Liv. 5, 13, 1: mox in superbiam mutans,Tac. A. 12, 29: adeo animi mutaverant, ut clariorem inter Romanos deditio Postumium ... faceret,Liv. 9, 12, 3: tantum mutāsse fortunam, ut, etc.,id. 29, 3, 10; 39, 51, 10.To differ, be different: pastiones hiberno ac verno tempore hoc mutant,Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 12: quantum mutare a Menandro Caecilius visus est,Gell. 2, 23, 7. Of style, to vary: an ego ... poetis, et maxime tragicis concederem, ut ne omnibus locis eādem contentione uterentur, crebroque mutarent? etc.,Cic. Or. 31, 109. In partic. To change the color of, to color, dye (cf.: inficio, imbuo): aries jam suave rubenti Murice, jam croceo mutabit vellera luto,Verg. E. 4, 44: nec lanarum colores, quibus simplex ille candor mutatus est, elui possunt,Quint. 1, 1, 5.To change for the better, make better, to improve: placet tibi factum, Micio? Mi.: non, si queam mutare,Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 19.To change for the worse; pass., of wine, to spoil, turn, etc.: ac, nisi mutatum, parcit defundere vinum,Hor. S. 2, 2, 58: melle mutatum (sc. balsamum),
adulterated
,Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 122. Of change in its relation to other things, etc. In gen., to change one thing, etc., for another: mutatis ad celeritatem jumentis,Caes. B. C. 3, 11: vestimenta mutanti tunica ardere visa est,Suet. Tib. 14: calceos et vestimenta,Cic. Mil. 10, 28. Esp. freq.: mutare vestem, to change one's dress: An. Muta vestem. Ch. Ubi mutem? ... An. Eamus ad me. Ibi proximum'st ubi mutes, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 61 sqq.: mutando nunc vestem, nunc tegumenta capitis,Liv. 22, 1, 3; Sen. Ep. 18, 2. Esp., to put on the garb of mourning, of humility, etc.: pro me praesente senatus hominumque praeterea viginti millia vestem mutaverunt,Cic. post Red. ad Quir. 3, 8: non modo ut vestem mutaret, aut supplex prensaret homines, sed, etc.,Liv. 2, 61; 8, 37, 9; Cic. Sest. 11, 26; Hor. C. 1, 35, 23. Esp. Mutata verba, i. e. figurative: mutata (verba), in quibus pro verbo proprio subicitur aliud, quod idem significet, sumptum ex re aliquā consequenti,Cic. Or. 27, 92. Of style, to vary, alter: reliquum est ut dicas de conversā oratione atque mutatā,Cic. Part. Or. 7, 23: genus eloquendi ... mutatum,id. ib. 5, 16. Of one's assertion or promise: quod dixi semel, hau mutabo,
will not break my word
,Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 90. Of place, to change, shift, alter: locum ex loco mutans (sc. typhon) rapidā vertigine,Plin. 2, 48, 49, § 132; cf.: quod nec injussu populi mutari finibus posset, to be removed, Liv. 5, 46, 11: exsules sunt, etiam si solum non mutārunt,i. e.
gone into exile
,Cic. Par. 4, 31: jussa pars mutare Lares et urbem Sospite cursu,Hor. C. Sec. 39. Of common or reciprocal relations, to interchange, exchange. With cum: cum amplificatione vectigalium nomen Hieronicae legis mutare,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 8, § 19: ut vestem cum illo mutem,Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 24: ne cujus suorum popularium mutatam secum fortunam esse vellent,Liv. 21, 45, 6. With pro: C. Hostilio pro Etruriā Tarentum mutaverant (sonatus) provinciam, pro Tarento Capuam mutaverunt,Liv. 27, 35, 14: non debere eum incerta pro certis mutare,Sall. J. 83, 1: mutatos pro Macedonibus Romanos dominos,Liv. 34, 49, 6. With abl. of that for which the exchange, etc., is made: quid terras alio calentes Sole mutamus (patriā),Hor. C. 2, 16, 19: victoriae possessionem incertā pace mutāsse,Liv. 9, 12, 2; also with abl. of that given in exchange, etc.: victrice patriā victam mutari,id. 5, 30, 3. So esp. of trading, etc., to exchange, barter, sell, etc.: coepit captivos conmercari Aleos, si quem reperire possit, qui mutet suum,Plaut. Capt. prol. 28; cf.: homines captivos conmercatur, si queat Aliquem invenire, suum qui mutet filium,id. ib. 1, 1, 33; 1, 2, 68: hic mutat merces surgente a sole, etc.,Hor. S. 1, 4, 29: mutandi copia,Sall. J. 18, 5. With abl.: uvam Furtivā mutat strigili,Hor. S. 2, 7, 109: suburbanis lactens porcus aere mutandus est,Col. 7, 9, 4: caetera reponantur, vel aere mutentur,id. 8, 5, 4: aere mutandi sunt (sc. apri),id. 9, 1, 7: quamvis Milesia magno Vellera mutentur,Verg. G. 3, 307; so with cum and pers. with whom the exchange is made: eaque mutare cum mercatoribus vino advecticio,Sall. J. 44, 5. With inter: mutare res inter se instituerant,Sall. J. 18, 9.To forsake, abandon, leave: mutare, derelinquere,Non. p. 351, 1: expertum jam principem anxii mutabant,Tac. H. 3, 44: mihi non persuadetur ... mutem meos, Lucil. ap. Non. 351, 3: mutataque sidera pondus Quaesivere suum, i. e. forsaken or abandoned by the gods, Petr. poët. 124, 264. Hence, mūtā-tus, a, um, P. a., changed, i. e. different, successive: quae (facies) mutatis inducitur atque fovetur Tot medicaminibus,Juv. 6, 472.
muto mūto, ōnis, m., = membrum virile (rare and only poet.), Lucil. ap. Porphyr. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 68; also id. ib. Orell. (K. and H. muttonis).
Muto Mūto, a Roman surname, Cic. Fragm. Or. pro Fundan. p. 445 Orell.
mutoniatus mūtōnĭātus, a, um, adj.2. muto: magno pene praeditus (poet.), Mart. 3, 73, 1.
mutonium mūtōnium, ii, n., i. q. 2. muto, Vet. Lex. Gr. Lat.; cf. Lucil. Fr. Inc. 190: mutonium, πέος.
muttio muttĭo, muttītĭo, etc., v. mutio, etc.
muttum muttum, i, n., a mutter, a grunt: muttum, γρῦ, Gloss. Vet.: non audet dicere muttum, Lucil.: proverbialiter dicimus, muttum nullum emiseris, id est, verbum, Cornutus ad Pers. 1, 119.
mutuarius mūtŭārĭus, a, um, adj.mutuus, mutual (post-class.): operae,
exchanges of services
,App. Mag. p. 284, 30.
mutuaticius mūtŭātīcĭus or -tĭus, a, um, adj.mutuor, borrowed (post-class.): in pecuniae mutuaticiae usu (al. mutuaticae),Gell. 20, 1, 41.
mutuatio mūtŭātĭo, ōnis, f.id., a borrowing (class.), Cic. Tusc. 1, 42, 100: cum multos minutis mutuationibus defraudāsset,id. Fl. 20, 47: translationes quasi mutuationes sunt,id. de Or. 3, 38, 156.
mutuatus mūtŭātus, a, um, Part. Of 2. mutuo. Of mutuor; v. h. vv.
Mutucumenses Mutucumenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of a city in Latium, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 69 (rejected by Jahn).
mutue mūtŭē, adv., v. mutuus fin. B.
mutuiter mūtŭĭter, adv., v. mutuus fin. C.
mutuito mūtŭĭto, āre, v. a., or mūtŭĭtor, āri, v. dep.mutuo or mutuor, to seek to borrow from a person: mutuitanti,Plaut. Mere. prol. 58.
mutulus mūtŭlus, i, m. In architecture, amutule, modillion, Varr. R. R. 3, 5; Vitr. 4, 2.A fish; v. mitulus.
mutuo mūtŭō, adv., v. mutuus fin. A.
mutuo mūtŭo, āre, v. mutuor fin. 1.
mutuor mūtŭor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [mutuus], to borrow something of some one (class.; opp. mutuum do, commodo, credo). Lit., to obtain a loan of money: mutuari pecunias,Caes. B. C. 3, 60: pecuniam,Gai. Inst. 4, 73. Also without acc.: a Caelio mutuabimur,Cic. Att. 7, 3, 11: mutuari cogor,
I am obliged to borrow
,id. ib. 15, 15, 3. Of other things than money: domum,Tac. Or. 9: auxilia ad bellum,Hirt. B. G. 8, 21.Trop., to borrow, to take for one's use, to derive, obtain, get, procure: orator subtilitatem ab Academiā mutuatur,Cic. Fat. 2, 3: a viris virtus nomen est mutuata,id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43: consilium ab amore,Liv. 30, 12: quem (sensum) a Latrone mutuatus est,Sen. Contr. 3, 10, 8: figuras ab aliquo,Quint. 8 prooem. 25: verba ex proximo mutuari licet,id. 10, 1, 13: a personis affectus mutuari,id. 11, 3, 73; so, verba,id. 1, 12, 58; 12, 10, 27: praesidium ab innocentiā,Val. Max. 6, 2, 1: regem a finitimis,id. ib. 3, 4, 2; App. M. 6, p. 178, 11. Act. collat. form: mūtŭo, āre, to borrow: ad amicum currat mutuatum: mutuet mea causa, Caecil. ap. Non. 474, 4.mūtŭ-ātus, a, um, in pass. signif.: luna mutu atā a sole luce fulget,
mutus mūtus, a, um, adj.root mu-, to shut; Sanscr. mūkas, dumb; Gr. μύτις, μυάω; cf. Lat. mussare, dumb, mute (class.; cf.: infans, elinguis). Lit., that does not speak, silent. Of creatures who do not possess the faculty of speech, and can utter only inarticulate sounds: pecudes,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 24: bestiae,id. Fin. 1, 21, 71: agna,Hor. S. 2, 3, 219: armenta,Stat. Th. 5, 334: animalia,Juv. 8, 56: satius est mutum esse quam quod nemo intellegat dicere,Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 22: subjugale, animal,Vulg. 2 Pet. 2, 16: vere dici potest, magistratum legem esse loquentem, legem autem mutum magistratum,Cic. Leg. 3, 1, 2: papae! Jugularas hominem: quid ille? Thr. Mutus illico, he was struck speechless, was silent, could not say a word more, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 27: ad mandata mancus est, caecus, mutus,Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 45: mutum dices, you shall call me dumb, i. e. I will not say a word, id. Heaut. 4, 4, 26: omnis pro nobis gratia muta fuit,
,Quint. 1, 4, 6: artes, the plastic arts, arts of design, opp. to eloquence, Cic. de Or. 3, 7; also, artes, the silent arts, i. e. which do not concern themselves with language, as medicine, Verg. A. 12, 397: scientia,i. e.
,Hyg. de Lim. p. 156 Goes.: muta exta dicuntur, quibus nihil divinationis aut deorum responsi inesse animadvertunt, contra adjutoria, quae certum aliquid eventurum indicant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 157 Müll.: simulacra muta,
dumb idols
,Vulg. 1 Cor. 12, 2.Transf., of places where no sound is heard, silent, still: mutum forum, elinguem curiam, tacitam et fractam civitatem videbatis,Cic. post Red. 1, 3: solitudo,id. Mil. 19: spelunca,Stat. Ach. 1, 239. Of times: nullum fuit tempus, quod magis debuerit mutum esse a litteris,
,Ov. M. 7, 184. Of things of which nothing is said: mutum aevum,
not celebrated, unsung
,Sil. 3, 579. As subst. mūtus, i, m., a dumb person, a mute (ante- and postclass): Char. Quin taces? Eut. Muto imperas, Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 26: sicut mutus, Vulg. Psa. 38, 13: aperta erit lingua mutorum,id. Isa. 35, 6; Lact. 4, 15, 8: mutum neque stipulari neque promittere posse palam est,Gai. Inst. 3, 105.mūtum, i, n. (sc. animal), a dumb creature, brute: separat hoc nos A grege mutorum,Juv. 15, 143.
Mutusca Mŭtusca, ae, f., = Trebula Mutusca, a city in the Sabine territory: olivifera,Verg. A. 7, 711. Its inhabitants are called Trēbŭlāni Metusci, Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 107; v. Trebula.
mutuus mūtŭus, a, um, adj.1. muto, borrowed, lent (class.). Lit.: nullus est tibi, quem roges mutuom Argentum,
,Gai. Inst. 3, 90; Dig. 12, 1, 2. In dat.: mutuo, by or upon a loan: aut sumtum aliunde, ut mutuo, aut factum ab ipso,Cic. Or. 24, 86: petere mutuo naves, pecuniam,Just. 17, 2, 13: mutuo sumamus pecunias in tributa regis,Vulg. 2 Esdr. 5, 4; cf. adv. mutuo, infra; and Krebs, Antibarb. p. 731.Trop.: si pudoris egeas, sumas mutuum,
borrow shame, if you have none
,Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 187: ego cum illā facere nolo mutuum: Pa. Quid ita? Ph. Quia proprium facio; amo pariter semul,i. e.
I do not want to borrow her love, but to possess it as my own
,id. Curc. 1, 1, 47.Transf., in return, in exchange, reciprocal, mutual: olores mutuā carne vescuntur inter se,
,Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 37: ut amore perdita est haec misera! Pyr. Mutuum fit (sc. a me), I do the same, return like for like, id. Mil. 4, 6, 38: per mutua, mutually, on or from one another: pedibus per mutua nexis,Verg. A. 7, 66. So, mutua: inter se mortales mutua vivunt,Lucr. 2, 76: e laevo sit mutua dexter,
again, on the other hand
,id. 4, 325 (302): mutuus ut nos Affectus petere auxilium juberet,Juv. 15, 149: Hence, adv., in three forms. mū-tŭō, in return, by turns, reciprocally, mutually (class.; cf.: invicem, vicissim): studia officii mutuo inter nos certatim constiterunt, Lepid. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 3: me mutuo diligas, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 15, 4: exercere officia cum multis,Suet. Aug. 53: cum de se mutuo sentire provinciam crederet, that it was disposed towards him as he was towards it, Auct. B. Alex. 48.mūtŭē, mutually, in return (class.): respondere,Cic. Fam. 5, 7, 2 (al. mutuo): respondisse,id. ib. 5, 2, 4 (al. mutuo).mūtŭĭter, mutually, in return (anteclass.): vive, meque ama mutuiter, Varr. ap. Non. 513, 16.
Mutyca Mŭtyca, ae, or Mŭtycē, ēs, f., = Μοτύκα, a city in Sicily, between Camarina and Syracuse, now Modica, Sil. 14, 268. Hence, Mŭtycensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Mutyce: ager,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 101; 2, 3, 51, § 120. In plur.: Mŭty-censes, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Mutyca, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91.