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‡ muger dici solet a Castrensium hominibus, quasi mucosus, is, qui talis male ludit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 158, 27 Müll. (cf. Engl. smuggle; Germ. Schmuggel), a false player.

mūgil and mūgĭlis, is, m., a sea-fish; acc. to some, the mullet: mugilum natura ridetur, in metu capite abscondito, totos se occultari credentium, Plin. 9, 17, 26, § 59; 9, 42, 67, § 144; 9, 62, 88, § 185; 10, 70, 89, § 193; 32, 11, 53, § 149.
This fish was made use of in punishing adulterers: quosdam moechos et mugilis intrat, Juv. 10, 317; cf. Cat. 15, 19.

Mugillānus, i, m., a Roman surname; as, e. g. Papirius Mugillanus, Liv. 4, 30.

mūgĭnor, āri, v. dep., to dally, trifle, hesitate, delay (rare but class.): muginari est nugari et quasi tarde conari, Paul. ex Fest. p. 147 Müll.: muginamur, Lucil. ap. Non. 139, 6; Att. ib. 139, 7: dum tu muginaris, cepi consilium domesticum, Cic. Att. 16, 12, 1.
In the collat. form, mūsĭnor, āri: dum ista (ut ait M. Varro) musinamur. Plin. H. N. prooem. § 18.

1. mūgĭo, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 4, v. n. [Sanscr. root, muǵ, sonare; Gr. μυκάομαι, μύζω], to low, bellow (syn. boo).

  1. I. Lit.: inde cum actae boves mugissent, Liv. 1, 7.
    Prov.: hic bove percusso mugire Agamemnona credit, Juv. 14, 286.
    Part. pres. subst.: mugientium Prospectat errantes greges, i. e. cattle, Hor. Epod. 2, 11.
  2. II. Transf., of the sound of a trumpet, to bray: Tyrrhenusque tubae mugire per aethera clangor, Verg. A. 8, 526.
    Of an earthquake, to rumble: sub pedibus mugire solum, id. ib. 6, 256.
    Of a mast: si mugiat Africis Malus procellis. groans, Hor. C. 3, 29, 57.
    Of thunder, to roar, crash, peal: mugire tonitrua, rutilare fulgura, Min. Fel. Octav. 5: quasi mugiente litterā M. Quint. 12, 10, 31: at tibi tergeminum mugiet ille sophos, will bellow or cry out to you, σοφῶς, well done! bravo! Mart. 3, 46, 8.
    Also, to reject with a sound: cruentum mugiit, spat gore, Claud. Ruf. 1, 66.

‡ 2. Mugĭo, ōnis, m., a Roman surname, Inscr. Grut. 339, 5.

Mūgĭōnĭa or Mūgōnĭa, ae, or Mūgĭōnis (Mucionis), is, f. (porta), a gate of ancient Rome, which was afterwards within the city: in Palatio Mucionis a mugitu, Varr. L. L. 5, § 164 Müll.: Mugionia porta Romae dicta est a Mugio quodam. Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll.; Sol. 1, 24; cf. Becker’s Antiq. 1, p. 109 sq.

mūgītor, ōris, m. [1. mugio], a bellower (poet.): mugitor Vesuvius, Val. Fl. 3, 208.

mūgītus, ūs, m. [1. mugio], a lowing, bellowing (class.).

  1. I. Lit.: mugitusque boum, Verg. G. 2, 470: edere, to utter lowings, to low, Ov. M. 7, 597: dare, id. F. 1, 560: tollere, Verg. A. 2, 223.
  2. II. Transf., a bellowing, rumbling, roaring, loud noise: mugitus terrae, Cic. Div. 1, 18: nemorum, Plin. 18, 35, 86, § 360; Stat. Th. 10, 263: labyrinthi, Juv. 1, 53.