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|lshtext=<b>prō-miscŭus</b>: (collat. form prōmis-cŭs, Gell. 11, 16, 8; 16, 13, 4; Liv. 5, 13, 7; prob. also [[ante]]-[[class]].; v. [[below]] the adv. [[promiscam]]), a, um, adj. [[misceo]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., [[mixed]], not [[separate]] or [[distinct]], [[without]] [[distinction]], in [[common]], [[indiscriminate]], [[promiscuous]] (as adj. not in Cic. or Cæs.): [[opera]] promiscua, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 138: conubia, i. e. [[between]] patricians and plebeians, Liv 4, 2; cf.: consulatum promiscuum patribus ac plebi facere, id. 7, 21. [[multitudo]], of patricians and plebeians, Tac. A. 12, 7: [[vulgus]], Vulg. Exod. 12, 38: promiscua omnium generum [[caedes]], Liv. 2, 30 fin.: [[sepultura]], Tac. A. 16, 16 fin.: jus, id. ib. 4, 16: [[spectaculum]], to [[which]] all are admitted [[without]] [[distinction]], id. ib. 14, 14: divina [[atque]] humana promiscua habere, Sall. C. 12, 2: privatae et promiscuae copiae, [[common]], [[general]], [[public]], Tac. H. 1, 66: promiscuos feminarum [[concubitus]] permittere, Just. 3, 4, 5. —With [[object]]-[[clause]]: muta ista et inanima (sc. tecta) intercidere ac reparari promiscua sunt, [[may]] be destroyed and restored [[again]], Tac. H. 1, 84 fin.—In neutr. absol.: in promiscuo licentiam [[atque]] improbitatem esse voluit, to be [[universal]], Liv. 29, 17; 34, 44; 40, 51: nec [[arma]] in promiscuo, sed clausa sub custode, i. e. in [[every]] [[man]]'s hands, Tac. G. 44.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., in gram., epicene: promiscuum [[nomen]], i. e. epicoenum, Quint. 1, 4, 24.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., [[common]], [[usual]] ([[very]] [[rare]] and not [[ante]]-Aug.): promiscua ac vilia mercari, Tac. G. 5 fin.: [[varia]] promiscaque [[cogitatio]], Gell. 11, 16, 8 (al. promiscua): opinionis tam promiscae errores, id. 16, 13, 4.—Hence, adv., in [[three]] forms.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Form prōmiscam (acc. form from [[promiscus]]), in [[common]], [[indiscriminately]], [[promiscuously]] ([[ante]]-[[class]].): [[promiscam]] dicebant pro promiscue, Paul. ex Fest. p. 224 Müll.: ut meā laetitiā [[laetus]] [[promiscam]] siet, Plaut. Ps. 4, 5, 11: [[cetera]] [[promiscam]] voluit communia haberi, Varr. ap. Non. 361, 25.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Form prōmiscē, in [[common]], [[indiscriminately]], [[indifferently]] (post-class.), Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 72 B. and K.; Cic. Font. 6, 12; Liv. 3, 47, 5 Weissenb.: [[indistincte]] [[atque]] promisce annotare, Gell. praef. § 2; 7, 3, 52: promisce [[atque]] [[indefinite]] largiri, id. 2, 24, 7: verbo uti, id. 10, 21, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Form prōmiscŭē (the [[class]]. form), in [[common]], [[promiscuously]]: (mares et feminae) promiscue in fluminibus perluuntur, * Caes. B. G. 6, 21 fin.: promiscue puberes [[atque]] negotiatores interficere, Sall. J. 26, 3: promiscue toto [[quam]] [[proprie]] parvā frui parte (Campi Martii) malletis, Cic. Agr. 2, 31, 85; id. Font. 6, 22; Liv. 5, 55; Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 130 al.