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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>miluus</b>: ([[later]] also, milvus), i, m.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[bird]] of [[prey]], a [[kite]], glede.<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[pulmentum]] ei deripuit miluos ... postulare ut sibi liceret miluom vadarier, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 37; 40; id. Rud. 4, 4, 80; Plin. 10, 10, 12, § 28: miluo est quoddam [[bellum]] [[quasi]] naturale cum corvo, Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125: adulteretur et [[columba]] miluo, of [[something]] [[impossible]], Hor. Epod. 16, 32.—Of [[rapacious]] men, a [[kite]]: [[male]] ego [[metuo]] miluos, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 13.—Prov.: [[dives]] arat Curibus, [[quantum]] non milvus oberret, so [[large]] [[that]] a [[kite]] could not [[fly]] [[across]] it, Pers. 4, 26; Juv 9, 55; Petr. 37, 8—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[fish]] of [[prey]], a gurnard: (metuit) [[opertum]] [[miluus]] hamum, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 51; Ov. Hal. 95.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[constellation]]: [[stella]] Lycaoniam vergit [[proclivis]] ad Arcton Miluus, Ov. F. 3, 794; Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 237.
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{{Georges
|georg=mīluus, s. [[milvus]].
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