musivus

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mūsīvus: a, um, adj. musa,
I of or belonging to a muse, artistic: fontem opere musivo exornare, Inscr. Orell. 3323; cf. Museus.—As subst.: mūsīvum, i, n., = μουσεῖον>, mosaic work, mosaic (post-class.): pictum de musivo, Spart. Pesc. 6: musivo picta genera hominum, Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 8.