I.a mixing, mingling (ante-class. and post-Aug.).
I. Lit.: mistura immoderata, Varr. ap. Non. 490, 28: “rerum,” Lucr. 2, 978: “unguentorum,” Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 4.—
2. In partic., carnal intercourse, copulation, with or without Veneris: “externae Veneris mistura,” Luc. 9, 899: “cum fero,” Plin. 8, 53, 79, § 213.—
B. Transf., concr., a mixture, compound: “eā misturā os perfricatur,” Col. 7, 5, 22: “vas suppletur,” id. 12, 10, 2; 12, 57, 1.—
II. Trop., a mixing, mingling: “vitiorum atque virtutum,” Suet. Dom. 3: “raram facit mixturam cum sapientiā forma,” beauty is seldom united with wisdom, Petr. 94: “ex diversis,” Quint. 1, 10, 6: “mira figurarum,” id. 9, 3, 40; cf. id. 9, 2, 37: “aliorum generum cum aliis,” id. 6, 3, 63: “translationum,” id. 5, 11, 22: “verborum,” id. 8, 2, 14.
