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muscŭlus
muscŭlus, i, m. dim. mus, a little mouse. Lit., Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33; Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 52.— Transf. Of other creatures. A companion of the whale, Plin. 9, 62, 88, § 186; called musculus marinus, id. 11, 37, 62, § 165.— A sea-mussel, Cels. 3, 6; 2, 29; Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 9 (al. mytilus). — Of things. 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.— 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.— 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.

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muscŭlus, i, m. dim. mus, a little mouse. Lit., Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33; Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 52.— Transf. Of other creatures. A companion of the whale, Plin. 9, 62, 88, § 186; called musculus marinus, id. 11, 37, 62, § 165.— A sea-mussel, Cels. 3, 6; 2, 29; Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 9 (al. mytilus). — Of things. 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.— 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.— 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.
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