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mustācē, ēs, f., a kind of laurel, Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 127.

mustācĕus, i, m., and mustācĕum, i, n., a must-cake or laurel-cake, a kind of wedding-cake mixed with must and baked on bay-leaves: mustaceos sic facito, etc., Cato, R. R. 121; Juv. 6, 200.
Prov.: laureolam in mustaceo quaerere, to look for a laurel-wreath in a cake, i. e. for fame in trifles, Cic. Att. 5, 20, 4.

mustārĭus, a, um, adj. [mustum], of or belonging to must (ante-class.): urceus, Cato, R. R. 11.

mustax, ācis, f., a kind of laurel, Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 127.

mustus, a, um,

  1. I. adj., young, new, fresh (as adj. only ante-class.): agna, Cato ap. Prisc. 711 P.: vinum, id. R. R. 115.
  2. II. Subst.: mustum, i, n., new or unfermented wine, must, Cato, R. R. 120: dulce, Verg. G. 1, 295: novum, Plin. Ep. 9, 16, 2: linire victuro dolia musto, Juv. 9, 58.
    Plur., of the different kinds of must, Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 125 al.
    Poet. in plur.: musta, ōrum, vintages, i. e. autumns: tercentum musta videre, Ov. M. 14, 146.
    Trop.: quasi de musto ac lacu fervidam orationem fugiendam, Cic. Brut. 83, 288.
    1. B. Transf., of oil: olei musta, new oil (al. olei, quam musta), Plin. 15, 1, 2, § 5.