musica
From LSJ
Γλώσσῃ ματαίᾳ ζημία προστρίβεται → Afferre damna lubricum linguae solet → Der eitlen Zunge folgt die Strafe auf den Fuß
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mūsĭca: ae, and mūsĭcē, ēs, f., = μουσική,
I the art of music, music; acc. to the notions of the ancients, also every higher kind of artistic or scientific culture or pursuit: musicam Damone aut Aristoxeno tractante? etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 33, 132: socci et cothurni, i. e. comic and dramatic poetry, Aus. Ep. 10, 43: musice antiquis temporibus tantum venerationis habuit, ut, Quint. 1, 10, 9.
