I.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.
mullĕus calcĕus , or,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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