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|lshtext=<b>Mūsa</b>: ae, f., = [[Μοῦσα]]>,<br /><b>I</b> a [[muse]], one of the goddesses of [[poetry]], [[music]], and the [[other]] [[liberal]] arts. The ancients reckoned [[nine]] of [[them]], viz.: [[Clio]], the [[muse]] of [[history]]; [[Melpomene]], of [[tragedy]]; [[Thalia]], of [[comedy]]; [[Euterpe]], of the [[flute]]; [[Terpsichore]], of [[dancing]]; [[Calliope]], of epic [[poetry]]; [[Erato]], of lyric [[poetry]]; [[Urania]], of astronomy; [[Polyhymnia]], of the [[mimic]] [[art]], Aus. Idyll. 20; Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 92: Musarum delubra, Cic. Arch. 11, 27: hic Musarum [[parens]] domusque [[Pieria]], [[Mela]], 2, 3, 2: crassiore Musā, in a plainer, clearer [[manner]], [[without]] [[too]] [[much]] [[refinement]], Quint. 1, 10, 28: [[sine]] ullā Musā, [[without]] [[any]] [[genius]], [[wit]], [[taste]], Varr. ap. Non. 448, 16.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[song]], a [[poem]]: musa [[procax]], Hor. C. 2, 1, 37: pedestris, a [[style]] of [[poetry]] [[bordering]] on [[prose]], id. S. 2, 6, 17.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Plur., sciences, studies: [[quis]] est omnium, qui [[modo]] cum Musis, id est cum humanitate et cum doctrinā habeat aliquod [[commercium]], qui, etc., Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 66: agrestiores, id. Or. 3, 12: mansuetiores, philosophical studies, id. Fam. 1, 9, 23.<br /><b>Mūsa</b>: ae, m.,<br /><b>I</b> a Roman [[surname]], e. g. [[Antonius]] [[Musa]], a [[physician]] in [[ordinary]] of [[Augustus]], Suet. Aug. 59; Plin. 19, 8, 38, § 128: Q. [[Pomponius]] [[Musa]], in Eckhel. D. N. V. t. 5, p. 283.