View source for mulier

{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>mŭlĭer</b>: ĕris, f. mollior, comp. of [[mollis]], q. v.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[woman]], a [[female]], [[whether]] married or not.<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 36: mulieres omnes [[propter]] infirmitatem consilii, majores in tutorum potestate esse voluerunt, Cic. Mur. 12, 27; of a [[virgin]], id. Verr. 2, 1, 25, § 64: mulieres omnes dicuntur, quaecumque sexūs feminini sunt, Dig. 34, 2, 26: nil non permittit [[mulier]] sibi, Juv. 6, 457.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., a [[wife]], opp. to a [[maid]]: ecqua [[virgo]] [[sit]] aut [[mulier]] digna, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63: [[Cicero]] objurgantibus, [[quod]] [[sexagenarius]] Publiliam virginem duxisset, "[[cras]] [[mulier]] erit" inquit, Quint. 6, 3, 75: si [[virgo]] fuit [[primo]], [[postea]] [[mulier]], Lact. 1, 17, 8 al.: pudica [[mulier]], Hor. Epod. 2, 39; Suet. Vit. 2; Inscr Orell. 4661.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., as a [[term]] of [[reproach]], a [[woman]], i. e. a [[coward]], [[poltroon]]: non me arbitratur militem, sed mulierem, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 4.
}}