muscarius

muscārĭus, a, um, adj. [musca], of or belonging to flies, fly- (post-Aug.).

• I Adj.: aranei muscarii tela, i. e. fly-hunting, Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 131: clavus, a broad-headed nail, Vitr. 7, 3, 11.—Hence,
• II Subst.: muscā-rĭum, ii, n., a fly-flap, fly-brush, used also as a clothes-brush, made of peacocks’ tails, Mart. 14, 67 in lemm.; or hairy ox-tails, id. 14, 71 in lemm.; or horse-tails, Veg. Vet. 4, 1.—
• • B Transf.
  • • 1 The hairy or fibrous part of plants, the umbel: semine in muscariis dependente, Plin. 12, 26, 57, § 127.—
    • 2 A closet or safe, in which writings were kept to protect them from the flies, Inscr. Rom. Viagg. a Pompeii, p. 168.

muscārius, a, um (musca), zu den Fliegen gehörig, Fliegen-, I) adi.: araneus, gleichs. Fliegenjäger, Plin. 29, 131: clavus, ein breitköpfiger Nagel, Vitr. 7, 3, 11. – II) subst., muscārium, iī, n., A) der Fliegenwedel, der zugleich die Stelle unserer Kleiderbürsten vertrat, Mart. 14, 71. Petron. 56, 9. Man nahm dazu entweder Pfauenschwänze (Mart. 14, 67) od. haarige Ochsen- od. Pferdeschwänze (Mart. 14, 71): dah. muscarium statt Pferdeschwanz, Veget. mul. 6, 1 sqq. – übtr., die Dolde an Pflanzen, Plin. 12, 127. – B) der Fliegenschrank, Corp. inscr. Lat. 4, 2464.

muscarius [CL] 1 that catches flies, that lives on flies. lana ostri elabitur / vermiculo, cum vertitur, / spissam ceu aranea / telam texit muscarea (Æthelwald) Carm. Aldh. 2 144. 2 (as sb n.):: a place in which flies abound. b flywhisk, fan to keep flies away. a a flee ‥ muscetum, ~ium, muscularium, musceletum sunt loca ubi habundant musce CathA.  b flavellum, ~ium GlC F 248; a flee flape, flabellum, flabrum, ~ium, muscularium CathA.

muscārĭus, a, um (musca), de mouche : Plin. 29, 131 ; Vitr. Arch. 7, 3, 11.

muscarius , a, um. adj.
蠅者。Clavi muscarii 大松旁釘。

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