(adj.Subst.) : missĭlis, e, adj.id.
* That may be hurled or cast, that is thrown or hurled, missile (not in Cic. or Caes.): lapides missiles,slingstones,Liv. 1, 43: telum,id. 22, 37: ferro, quod nunc missile libro,a javelin,Verg. A. 10, 421: sagittae,Hor. C. 3, 6, 16: uni sibi missile ferrum,which he alone can launch,Stat. Th. 8, 524: aculei (of the porcupine),capable of being shot forth,Plin. 8, 35, 53, § 125.
* Subst.
* Missĭle, is, n., a missile weapon, missile, a javelin: missilibus Lacedaemonii pugnabant,Liv. 34, 39; in plur.: missilibus lacessere,Verg. A. 10, 716: pellere missilibus,id. ib. 9, 520; 10, 802; in sing., Luc. 7, 485.
* Missĭlĭa, ĭum, n., or res missiles, presents thrown by the emperors among the people: sparsa et populo missilia omnium rerum,Suet. Ner. 11; cf.: jocandi licentia diripiendi pomorum, et obsoniorum rerumque missilium,id. Aug. 98.—*
* Trop.: ad haec, quae a fortunā sparguntur, sinum expandit et sollicitus missilia ejus exspectat,Sen. Ep. 74, 6.

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