I.to low, bellow (syn. boo).
I. Lit.: “inde cum actae boves mugissent,” Liv. 1, 7. —Prov.: “hic bove percusso mugire Agamemnona credit,” Juv. 14, 286.—Part. pres. subst.: “mugientium Prospectat errantes greges,” i. e. cattle, Hor. Epod. 2, 11.—
II. Transf., of the sound of a trumpet, to bray: “Tyrrhenusque tubae mugire per aethera clangor,” Verg. A. 8, 526.—Of an earthquake, to rumble: “sub pedibus mugire solum,” id. ib. 6, 256.—Of a mast: si mugiat Africis Malus procellis. groans, Hor. C. 3, 29, 57.—Of thunder, to roar, crash, peal: “mugire tonitrua, rutilare fulgura,” Min. Fel. Octav. 5: quasi mugiente litterā M. Quint. 12, 10, 31: at tibi tergeminum mugiet ille sophos, will bellow or cry out to you, σοφῶς, well done! bravo! Mart. 3, 46, 8.—Also, to reject with a sound: “cruentum mugiit,” spat gore, Claud. Ruf. 1, 66.
