miluus
miluus, a bird of prey, kite, glede
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miluos Noun: masculine accusative plural of miluus
miluus (later also, milvus), i, m., a bird of prey, a kite, glede.
- I Lit.: pulmentum ei deripuit miluos ... postulare ut sibi liceret miluom vadarier, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 37 (316); 40 (319); id. Rud. 4, 4, 80 (1124); Plin. 10, 10, 12, § 28: miluo est quoddam bellum quasi naturale cum corvo, Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125: adulteretur et columba miluo, of something impossible, Hor. Epod. 16, 32.—Of rapacious men, a kite: male ego metuo miluos, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 13 (1292).—Prov.: dives arat Curibus, quantum non milvus oberret, so large that a kite could not fly across it, Pers. 4, 26; Juv. 9, 55; Petr. 37, 8—
- II Transf.
- A A fish of prey, a gurnard: (metuit) opertum miluus hamum, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 51; Ov. Hal. 95.—
- B A constellation: stella Lycaoniam vergit proclivis ad Arcton Miluus, Ov. F. 3, 794; Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 237.
mīluus, s. mīlvus.
- 1. wouw, havik;
- 2. (poët.; postklass.) zeewouw (een soort roofvis);
- 3. (poët.; postklass.) een sterrenbeeld in de buurt v.d. Grote Beer.
mīluus (mīlvus) ī, m
- a bird of prey, kite, glede, C., H., Iu.—Prov.: non rete accipitri tennitur neque miluo, T.—A fish of prey, gurnard: (metuit) miluus hamum, H.—A constellation: stella Miluus, O.