Mucius
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Mūcĭus: a (Mutius, Lact. 5, 13, 13),
I the name of a Roman gens. The most celebrated are,
1 C. Mucius Scaevola, who altempted to assassinate Porsena, and, on being apprehended, burned off his right hand, Liv. 2, 12; Cic. Sest. 21, 48; id. Par. 1, 2, 12; Flor. 1, 10; Sen. Ep. 24, 5; 66. 51; Sil. 8, 386; Lact. l. l.—
2 Q. Mucius Scaevola, a governor in Asia, Cic. Caecil. 17, 57. —
3 Q. Mucius Scaevola, an augur, the husband of Lælia, Cic. Brut. 58, 211; id. Phil. 8, 10, 31.—
4 P. Mucius Scaevola, a friend of the Gracchi, and an enemy of the younger Scipio Africanus, Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 31; Pers. 1, 114; Juv. 1, 154.—In fem., Mūcĭa, the wife of Cn. Pompeius, afterwards divorced from him, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6; id. Att. 1, 12, 3.—Hence,
II Mūcĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Mucius, Mucian: Mucia prata trans Tiberim, dicta a Mucio, cui a populo data fuerant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll.—
B Subst.: Mūcĭa, ōrum, n. (sc. festa), a festival kept by the Asiatics in commemoration of the good government of Q. Mucius Scaevola, the Mucius festival, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 51.—Mūcĭ-ānus (Mut-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Mucius, Mucian: cautio, Dig. 35, 1, 99: satisdatio, ib. 104: exitus, i. e. the death of Q. Mucius Scaevola, who was slain in the temple of Vesta by Damasippus, Cic. Att. 9, 12, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) Mūcĭus,¹⁴ a, um, de Mucius : P. Fest. 144 || Mucia, n. pl, fêtes établies dans l’Asie Mineure en l’honneur du consul Q. Mucius Scævola : Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51.
(2) Mūcĭus,¹¹ ĭī, m., nom d’une famille rom. ; nott
1 C. Mucius Scævola [qui pénétra dans la tente de Porsena pour le tuer] : Liv. 2, 12, 2 ; Cic. Sest. 48 ; Par. 12 ; Sen. Ep. 24, 5
2 Q. Mucius Scævola [juriste célèbre, qui fut gouverneur de l’Asie] : Cic. Cæcil. 57
3 Q. Mucius Scævola [augure, époux de Lælia] : Cic. Br. 211 || -ĭānus, a, um, de Mucius : Cic. Att. 9, 12, 1.
