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mūsĭcus . a, um, adj., = μουσικός.
I. Of or belonging to music, musical (class.).
A. Adj.: “leges musicae,the rules of music, Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 39: “sonus citharae,Phaedr. 4, 18, 20: “pedes,Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 6.—
B. Subst.
1. mūsĭcus , i, m., a musician: “musicorum aures,Cic. Off. 1, 41, 146.—
2. 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.—
II. In gen.
1. 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.—
2. 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.
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