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* mĭssĭbĭlia, ĭum, for missilia, Sid. Ep. 4, 20

missīcĭus or -tĭus, a, um, adj. [mitto], discharged from military service (postAug.): praetorianus, Suet. Ner. 48; Inscr. Orell. 3579; 3582.

* missĭcŭlo, 1, v. freq. a. [mitto], to send often: ad me litteras Missiculabas, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 29.

missĭlis, e, adj. [mitto],

  1. I. that may be hurled or cast, that is thrown or hurled, missile (not in Cic. or Cæs.): lapides missiles, slingstones, Liv. 1, 43: telum, id. 22, 37: ferro, quod nunc missile libro, a javelin, Verg. A. 10, 421: sagittae, Hor. C. 3, 6, 16: uni sibi missile ferrum, which he alone can launch, Stat. Th. 8, 524: aculei (of the porcupine), capable of being shot forth, Plin. 8, 35, 53, § 125.
  2. II. Subst.
    1. A. missĭle, is, n., a missile weapon, missile, a javelin: missilibus Lacedaemonii pugnabant, Liv. 34, 39; in plur.: missilibus lacessere, Verg. A. 10, 716: pellere missilibus, id. ib. 9, 520; 10, 802; in sing., Luc. 7, 485.
    2. B. missĭlĭa, ĭum, n., or res missiles, presents thrown by the emperors among the people: sparsa et populo missilia omnium rerum, Suet. Ner. 11; cf.: jocandi licentia diripiendi pomorum, et obsoniorum rerumque missilium, id. Aug. 98.
      1. * 2. Trop.: ad haec, quae a fortunā sparguntur, sinum expandit et sollicitus missilia ejus exspectat, Sen. Ep. 74, 6.

missĭo, ōnis, f. [mitto].

  1. I. In gen., a letting go, sending away, a sending, despatching; a throwing, hurling (class.): litterarum, Cic. Att. 1, 5, 3: legatorum, id. Phil. 7, 1, 1: extra telorum missionem, beyond the range of missiles, Vitr. 2, 9, 16; 1, 5, 4: missio sanguinis, blood-letting, Cels. 2, 10 fin.; Suet. Calig. 29.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. A release from captivity, setting at liberty, liberation: munus pro missione dare, Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 114: si filius familias post missionem faciat testimentum, Gai. Inst. 2, 106.
    2. B. A discharge from service (of soldiers, office-holders, gladiators, etc.), a dismission (syn. exauctoratio): praemium missionis ferre, Caes. B. C. 1, 86: quibus (militibus) senatus missionem reditumque in patriam negāsset ante belli finem. Liv. 26, 1: exercitum purgare missionibus turbulentorum hominum, id. 7, 39; cf.: missionum generales causae sunt tres: honesta, causaria, ignominiosa. Honesta est, quae tempore militiae impleto datur: causaria cum quis vitio animi vel corporis minus idoneus militiae renunciatur; ignominiosa causa est, cum quis propter delictum sacramento solvitur, Dig. 49, 16, 13: gratiosa ante emerita stipendia, a discharge obtained by favor, Liv. 43, 14, 9: nondum justa, id. 43, 14, 15.
      Of a quaestor, Suet. Caes. 7.
    3. C. Esp., of gladiators, release, respite, quarter: cum Myrino peteretur missio laeso, Mart. 12, 29, 7: non enim servavit is, qui non interfecit, nec beneficium dedit, sed missionem, Sen. Ben. 2, 20, 3.
      Hence, sine missione, without favor, without quarter, to the death, Liv. 41, 20, 12.
      Trop.: quid prodest, paucos dies aut annos lucrificare? sine missione nascimur, without respite in the service of wisdom, Sen. Ep. 37, 2: sine missione pugnatum est, for life or death, Flor. 3, 20, 4.
    4. D. A cessation, termination, end: ante ludorum missionem, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 8.
    5. E. Remission from punishment: missionem puero dedit, qs. let him go, Petr. 52.
  3. F. In jurid. lang., a delivering up, giving possession: missio in aedes, Dig. 39, 2, 15, § 12.

missītĭus, a, um, v. missicius.

missĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [mitto], to send repeatedly, to send (not in Cic. or Cæs.): supplicantes legatos, Sall. J. 38, 1: auxilia, Liv. 9, 45, 5: litteras, Front. de Eloq. p. 234 Mai.: codicillos missitatos, Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 12.