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|lshtext=<b>miscĕo</b>: miscŭi, mixtum (mistum is [[found]] in [[many]] MSS. and edd., [[but]] is [[probably]] a [[corruption]] of copyists, representing the weakened [[sound]] of<br /><b>I</b> x in [[later]] times; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 556), 2, v. a. [[root]] mik-, mig-; Sanscr. micras, [[mixed]]; Gr. [[μίσγω]], [[μίγνυμι]]>; cf. [[miscellus]], to [[mix]], [[mingle]], to [[intermingle]], [[blend]] (for the [[difference]] [[between]] this [[word]] and temperare, v. [[below]], II. A.; cf. [[confundo]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.; [[with]] abl.: (sortes) pueri manu miscentur, Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86: [[toxicum]] antidoto, Phaedr. 1, 14, 8: [[mella]] Falerno, Hor. S. 2, 4, 24: vina Surrentina faece Falernā, id. ib. 2, 4, 55: pabula [[sale]], Col. 6, 4: nectare aquas, Ov. H. 16, 198.— With dat.: [[dulce]] amarumque mihi, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 61: fletum cruori, Ov. M. 4, 140; Col. 7, 5: [[inter]] [[curalium]] virides miscere smaragdos, Lucr. 2, 805: [[cumque]] meis lacrimis miscuit [[usque]] suas, Ov. P. 1, 9, 20. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[join]] one's [[self]] to, [[have]] [[carnal]] [[intercourse]] [[with]] one: [[corpus]] cum aliquā, Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60.—With dat.: sic se [[tibi]] misceat, Ov. M. 13, 866: cum [[aliquo]] misceri in Venerem, App. M. 9, p. 228, 16: sanguinem et [[genus]], to intermarry, Liv. 1, 9, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[mix]], [[prepare]] a [[drink]]: alteri miscere [[mulsum]], Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 17; Ov. Am. 1, 4, 29: Veientana mihi misces, Mart. 3, 49, 1: pocula alicui, Ov. M. 10, 160: lurida terribiles miscent aconita novercae, id. ib. 1, 147; cf.: miscenda Cum Styge vina bibas, = [[you]] shall [[die]], id. ib. 12, 321: nullis aconita propinquis miscuit ([[Orestes]]), Juv. 8, 219.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Miscere se, or misceri, to [[mingle]] [[with]] others, to [[unite]], [[assemble]]: miscet (se) viris, Verg. A. 1, 440: se partibus alicujus, Vell. 2, 86, 3: ipsa ad praetoria densae Miscentur, [[assemble]], Verg. G. 4, 75.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Miscere [[manus]] or proelia, to [[join]] [[battle]], [[engage]] ([[poet]].): miscere [[manus]], Prop. 2, 20, 66: proelia dura, id. 4, 1, 28; [[hence]], vulnera, to [[inflict]] wounds on [[each]] [[other]], Verg. A. 12, 720.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of storms, to [[throw]] [[into]] [[confusion]], to [[disturb]], [[confound]], [[embroil]] ([[poet]].): [[caelum]] terramque, Verg. A. 1, 134: magno misceri murmure pontum, id. ib. 1, 124: miscent se maria, id. ib. 9, 714.—Hence, of persons, to [[raise]] a [[great]] [[commotion]], [[make]] a [[prodigious]] [[disturbance]], to [[move]] [[heaven]] and [[earth]]: [[caelum]] ac terras, Liv. 4, 3, 6: [[quis]] [[caelum]] terris non misceat et [[mare]] [[caelo]], Juv. 2, 25; cf.: [[mare]] [[caelo]] confundere, id. 6, 282. —<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., to [[mix]], [[mingle]], [[unite]], etc.: [[dulce]] amarumque una [[nunc]] misces mihi, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 63: miscent [[inter]] [[sese]] inimicitiam agitantes, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 275 Vahl.): animum alicujus cum suo miscere, Cic. Lael. 21, 81: [[gravitate]] mixtus [[lepos]], id. Rep. 2, 1, 1: misce Ergo aliquid de nostris moribus, Juv. 14, 322: ex dissimillimis rebus misceri et temperari, Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119; cf., joined [[with]] temperare, id. Or. 58, 197; also opp. to temperare, [[since]] miscere signifies [[merely]] to [[mix]], [[but]] temperare to [[mix]] in [[due]] [[proportion]]: haec ita mixta fuerunt, ut temperata nullo fuerint [[modo]], Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 42.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[share]] [[with]], [[impart]] to [[another]]; to [[take]] [[part]] in, [[share]] in a [[thing]] ([[rare]] and [[perhaps]] not [[ante]]-Aug.): cum [[amico]] omnes curas, omnes cogitationes tuas misce, [[share]], Sen. Ep. 3, 3: se negotiis, to [[take]] [[part]] in, [[engage]] in, Dig. 26, 7, 39, § 11: administrationi, ib. 27, 1, 17, § 5: paternae hereditati, ib. 29, 2, 42, § 3. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to I. B. 5.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> To [[throw]] [[into]] [[confusion]], to [[embroil]], [[disturb]] ([[class]].): om nia infima summis paria fecit, turbavit, miscuit, Cic. Leg. 3, 9, 19: rem publicam malis concionibus, id. Agr. 2, 33, 91: [[coetus]], Tac. A. 1, 16: animorum [[motus]] dicendo, Cic. de Or. 1, 51, 220: [[anima]], quae res humanas miscuit [[olim]], Juv. 10, 163.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> To [[stir]] up, [[occasion]], [[excite]], [[rouse]]: ego nova quaedam misceri et concitari [[mala]] jam [[pridem]] videbam, stirred up, devised, Cic. Cat. 4, 3, 6: seditiones, Tac. H. 4, 68 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Misceri [[aliquo]], to be changed [[into]]: mixtus Enipeo Taenarius [[deus]], Prop. 1, 13, 21.