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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>musca</b>: ae, f. Sanscr. makshikà, a [[fly]]; Gr. [[μυῖα]], of [[which]] [[musca]], μυἱσκα, [[may]] be a [[dim]]. form; cf. Germ. Mücke; Engl. [[midge]], musquito,<br /><b>I</b> a [[fly]], Varr. R. R. 3, 16: [[puer]], abige muscas, Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 247: muscas fugare, Mart. 3, 82, 12: muscas captare ac [[stilo]] praeacuto configere (solebat [[Domitianus]]), Suet. Dom. 3.—Transf., of [[troublesome]] persons.—So of [[inquisitive]], [[prying]] [[people]], Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 26; of obtrusive, [[unbidden]] guests, id. Poen. 3, 3, 76.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>[[musca]],¹³ æ, f. ([[μυΐσκη]], dim. de [[μυῖα]]), mouche [insecte] : Cic. de Or. 2, 247 ; [[Varro]] R. 3, 16 &#124;&#124; [fig.] homme curieux : Pl. Merc. 361 &#124;&#124; importun : Pl. Pœn. 690.||[fig.] homme curieux : Pl. Merc. 361||importun : Pl. Pœn. 690.
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{{Georges
|georg=musca, ae, f. (v. [[μυΐσκα]], das Demin. v. μυια), die [[Fliege]], I) eig., Sen. u.a.: muscarum et culicum [[multitudo]], Amm.: muscas captare, Suet.: fugare muscas, Mart.: calvi momordit [[musca]] nudatum [[caput]], Phaedr. – Sprichw., [[non]] posse videtur muscam excitare, [[wir]] »kein [[Wässerchen]] zu [[trüben]]«, Sen. apoc. 10, 2. – II) übtr., v. Neugierigen, Plaut. merc. 361: v. zudringlichen, ungebetenen Gästen, Plaut. Poen. 690: v. zudringlichen Menschen übh., [[puer]], abige muscas, Cic. de or. 2, 247.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=musca muscae N F :: fly (insect); gadfly, bothersome person
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