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musculus
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Lewis Short
muscŭlus (noun M) : dim.mus
* A little mouse.
* Lit., Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33; Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 52.
* Transf.
* Of other creatures.
* A companion of the whale, Plin. 9, 62, 88, § 186; called musculus marinus,id. 11, 37, 62, § 165.
* Of things.
* A muscle of the body: quodcunque musculum laesit,Cels. 5, 26, 3; 8, 1: femorum,Luc. 9, 771.—Trop., muscle, vigor (post-Aug.): hanc (historiam) ossa, musculi, nervi decent,vigor, force,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.
* A little mouse.
* Lit., Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33; Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 52.
* Transf.
* Of other creatures.
* A companion of the whale, Plin. 9, 62, 88, § 186; called musculus marinus,id. 11, 37, 62, § 165.
* Of things.
* A muscle of the body: quodcunque musculum laesit,Cels. 5, 26, 3; 8, 1: femorum,Luc. 9, 771.—Trop., muscle, vigor (post-Aug.): hanc (historiam) ossa, musculi, nervi decent,vigor, force,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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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