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muscarius
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Lewis Short
(adjective) : muscārĭus, a, um, musca
* Of or belonging to flies, fly- (post-Aug.).
* Adj.: aranei muscarii tela,i. e. fly-hunting,Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 131: clavus,a broad-headed nail,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, 71 in lemm.; or horse-tails, Veg. Vet. 4, 1.
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* 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.
* Of or belonging to flies, fly- (post-Aug.).
* Adj.: aranei muscarii tela,i. e. fly-hunting,Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 131: clavus,a broad-headed nail,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, 71 in 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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