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muscŭlus , i, m. dim. mus,
I.a little mouse.
I. Lit., Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33; Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 52.—
II. Transf.
A. Of other creatures.
1. A companion of the whale, Plin. 9, 62, 88, § 186; “called musculus marinus,” id. 11, 37, 62, § 165.—
2. A sea-mussel, Cels. 3, 6; 2, 29; Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 9 (al. mytilus). —
B. Of things.
1. 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.—
2. 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.—
3. 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 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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    • Caesar, Gallic War, 7.84
    • Caesar, Civil War, 2.10.1
    • Plautus, Rudens, 2.1
    • Lucan, Civil War, 9.771
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 27.52
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 5.8.10
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 5.26
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 2.29
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 3.6
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.14
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 8.1
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