Scaife ATLAS

mūgil and mūgĭlis, is, m., a sea-fish; acc. to some, the mullet: mugilum natura ridetur, in metu capite abscondito, totos se occultari credentium, Plin. 9, 17, 26, § 59; 9, 42, 67, § 144; 9, 62, 88, § 185; 10, 70, 89, § 193; 32, 11, 53, § 149.—This fish was made use of in punishing adulterers: quosdam moechos et mugilis intrat, Juv. 10, 317; cf. Cat. 15, 19.

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Debugging

Headword:

mūgil and

Headword (normalized):

mūgil and

Headword (normalized/stripped):

mugil and

IDX:

29828

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n29805

Key:

mugil

Data

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