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|lshtext=<b>mūlus</b>: i, m. perh. mu-; Gr. μυκάω; cf. [[μύκλος]], an [[ass]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[mule]]: muli [[pretio]] qui superant equos, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 21: rhedarii, Varr. R. R. 3, 17: [[clitellarius]], Cic. Top. 8, 35: [[mulus]] vehiculo lunae habetur, [[quod]] tam ea [[sterilis]] [[sit]] [[quam]] [[mulus]]; vel [[quod]], ut [[mulus]] non suo genere sed equis creatur, sic ea solis, non suo fulgore luceat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 148 Müll.: mulis celebrantur ludi in Circo Maximo Consualibus, [[quia]] id [[genus]] quadrupedum [[primum]] putatur [[coeptum]] currui vehiculoque adjungi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 148 ib.—As a [[term]] of [[abuse]], [[you]] [[mule]], [[you]] [[ass]]: [[mule]], [[nihil]] [[sentis]], Cat. 83, 3: muli Mariani, [[Marius]]'s mules, a [[nickname]] given to the soldiers of C. [[Marius]], [[because]] [[they]] were compelled to [[carry]] [[their]] [[baggage]] on [[their]] backs [[like]] mules, Front. Strat. 4, 1, 7; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. muli, p. 149 Müll.; and s. v. aerumnulas, p. 24 ib.— Prov: mutuum muli scabunt, [[like]] the Engl. [[you]] [[claw]] me, and I'll [[claw]] [[you]], of those [[who]] [[flatter]] one [[another]], Aus. Idyll. 12; [[hence]]: ridiculum est, cum te Cascam tua dicit [[amica]], Fili Potoni, sesquisenex puerum. Dice illam pusam: sic fiet mutua muli, Poët. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 28 Müll.: mulum de asino pingere, a [[proverbial]] [[expression]] made [[use]] of [[when]] the [[original]] and the [[copy]] [[differ]] [[but]] [[little]] from [[each]] [[other]], or [[when]] absurdities are represented by absurdities, or lies [[concealed]] [[with]] lies, Tert. adv. Val. 19 fin.>