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muccēdo, muccĭdus, muccĭnĭ-um, muccōsus, muccŭlentus, muccus, v. mucedo, etc.

mūcēdo (muccēdo), ĭnis, f. [mucus], mucus of the nose (post-class.), App. Mag. p. 306 dub. (Hildebr. dulcedo).

mūcĕo, ui, 2, v. n. [mucus], to be mouldy, musty (ante-class.): vinum quod neque aceat, neque muceat, Cato, R. R. 148.

mūcesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [muceo], to become mouldy or musty (post-Aug.): proprium est vino mucescere, Plin. 14, 20, 26, § 131.

muchula, ae, f., the Persian name of the precious stone telicardios, Plin. 37, 10, 68, § 183.

Mūcĭa, ae, v. Mucius.

Mūcĭānus (Mut-), a, um, v. Mucius.

mūcĭdus (mucc-), a, um, adj. [mucus].

  1. I. Mouldy, musty: mucida panis frusta, Juv. 14, 128: vina, Mart. 8, 6, 4.
  2. II. Snivelling: homo es, Qui me emunxisti mucidum, Plaut. Epid. 3, 4, 58: senex, id. Mil. 3, 1, 52.

mūcĭlāgo (mucc-), ĭnis, f. [muceo], a mouldy, musty juice, Theod. Prisc. 4, 1.

mūcĭnĭum (mucc-), ii, n. [mucus], a pocket-handkerchief, Arn. 2, 23.

Mūcĭus, a (Mutius, Lact. 5, 13, 13),

  1. I. the name of a Roman gens. The most celebrated are,
      1. 1. C. Mucius Scaevola, who altempted to assassinate Porsena, and, on being apprehended, burned off his right hand, Liv. 2, 12; Cic. Sest. 21, 48; id. Par. 1, 2, 12; Flor. 1, 10; Sen. Ep. 24, 5; 66. 51; Sil. 8, 386; Lact. l. l.
      2. 2. Q. Mucius Scaevola, a governor in Asia, Cic. Caecil. 17, 57.
      3. 3. Q. Mucius Scaevola, an augur, the husband of Lælia, Cic. Brut. 58, 211; id. Phil. 8, 10, 31.
      4. 4. P. Mucius Scaevola, a friend of the Gracchi, and an enemy of the younger Scipio Africanus, Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 31; Pers. 1, 114; Juv. 1, 154.
        In fem., Mūcĭa, the wife of Cn. Pompeius, afterwards divorced from him, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6; id. Att. 1, 12, 3.
        Hence,
  2. II. Mūcĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Mucius, Mucian: Mucia prata trans Tiberim, dicta a Mucio, cui a populo data fuerant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll.
    1. B. Subst.: Mūcĭa, ōrum, n. (sc. festa), a festival kept by the Asiatics in commemoration of the good government of Q. Mucius Scaevola, the Mucius festival, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 51.
      Mūcĭ-ānus (Mut-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Mucius, Mucian: cautio, Dig. 35, 1, 99: satisdatio, ib. 104: exitus, i. e. the death of Q. Mucius Scaevola, who was slain in the temple of Vesta by Damasippus, Cic. Att. 9, 12, 1.

mūcor, ōris, m. [muceo].

      1. 1. Mould, mouldiness, in bread (post-Aug.): mucorem contrahere, to become mouldy, Col. 12, 4, 4.
      2. 2. Mustiness, in wine, vinegar, etc.: mucor (vini), Dig. 18, 6, 4.
        Also, a moisture which flows from vines, and is injurious to them: mucor, qui maxime vites infestat, Plin. 17, 15, 25, § 116.

mūcōsus (mucc-), a, um, adj. [mucus],

  1. I. slimy, mucous (post-Aug.): cruenta et mucosa ventris proluvies, Col. 1, 7, 1; 6, 7, 1; Paul. ex Fest. p. 158 Müll.: exulceratio, Cels. 5, 28, 15.
  2. II. Transf., = stultus (opp. emunctae naris), Acron. ad Hor. S. 1, 4, 8.

mucro, ōnis, m., a sharp point or edge; esp., the point of a sword, the sword’s point (class.; cf.: acies, cuspis).

  1. I. Lit.: mucro falcis, Col. 4, 25, 1: dentis, Plin. 8, 3, 4, § 8: folii, id. 16, 10, 16, § 38: crystalli, id. 37, 2, 9, § 26: cultri, edge, Juv. 14, 216: medio jugulaberis ensis, sword’s point, Ov. M. 12, 484: coruscus, Verg. A. 2, 333.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. A sword: nisi mucrones militum tremere voltis, Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 6: mortalis, Verg. A. 12, 740.
      2. 2. A point, extremity, end (poet. and in post-Aug. prose), Lucr. 2, 520: faucium, Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 38.
  2. II. Trop., edge, point, sharpness: censorii stili, Cic. Clu. 44, 123: tribunicius, id. Leg. 3, 9, 21: defensionis tuae, id. Caecin. 29, 84: ingenii, sharpness, Quint. 10, 5, 16.

mūcrōnātus, a, um, adj. [mucro], pointed (post-Aug.): piscis mucronato rostro, Plin. 32, 2, 6, § 15: folia, id. 25, 13, 102, § 161.

mūcŭlentus (mucc-), a, um, adj. [mucus], snivelling (post-class.): nares, Prud. στεφ. 13, 282: munctiones, Arn. 3, 107.

mūcus (mucc-), i, m. [mug, mungo; cf. also Sanscr. muć, solvere, dimittere], snivel, mucus of the nose: mucusque, et mala pituita nasi, Cat. 23, 17; Cels. 4, 18.

Mūgĭōnĭa or Mūgōnĭa, ae, or Mūgĭōnis (Mucionis), is, f. (porta), a gate of ancient Rome, which was afterwards within the city: in Palatio Mucionis a mugitu, Varr. L. L. 5, § 164 Müll.: Mugionia porta Romae dicta est a Mugio quodam. Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll.; Sol. 1, 24; cf. Becker’s Antiq. 1, p. 109 sq.