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|lshtext=<b>missĭlis</b>: e, adj. id.,<br /><b>I</b> [[that]] [[may]] be hurled or [[cast]], [[that]] is thrown or hurled, [[missile]] (not in Cic. or Cæs.): lapides missiles, slingstones, Liv. 1, 43: [[telum]], id. 22, 37: ferro, [[quod]] [[nunc]] [[missile]] [[libro]], a [[javelin]], Verg. A. 10, 421: sagittae, Hor. C. 3, 6, 16: uni sibi [[missile]] [[ferrum]], [[which]] he [[alone]] can [[launch]], Stat. Th. 8, 524: aculei (of the [[porcupine]]), [[capable]] of [[being]] [[shot]] [[forth]], Plin. 8, 35, 53, § 125.—<br /><b>II</b> Subst.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> missĭle, is, n., a [[missile]] [[weapon]], [[missile]], a [[javelin]]: missilibus Lacedaemonii pugnabant, Liv. 34, 39; in plur.: missilibus lacessere, Verg. A. 10, 716: pellere missilibus, id. ib. 9, 520; 10, 802; in <[[number]] opt="n">[[sing]].</[[number]]>, Luc. 7, 485.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> missĭlĭa, ĭum, n., or res missiles, presents thrown by the emperors [[among]] the [[people]]: sparsa et [[populo]] missilia omnium rerum, Suet. Ner. 11; cf.: jocandi [[licentia]] diripiendi pomorum, et obsoniorum rerumque missilium, id. Aug. 98.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trop.: ad haec, quae a fortunā sparguntur, [[sinum]] expandit et [[sollicitus]] missilia ejus exspectat, Sen. Ep. 74, 6.