Definition of muscarius
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LNS
muscārius, muscāria, muscārium
musca
adjective (2-1-2)
  1. of or belonging to flies, fly-
Abbreviations
muscārius, a, um, adj. musca, of or belonging to flies, fly- (post-Aug.). Adj.: aranei muscarii tela, i. e. fly-hunting, Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 131: clavus, a broad-headed nail, Vitr. 7, 3, 11.

—Hence, Subst.: muscā-rium, 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.

— Transf. The hairy or fibrous part of plants, the umbel: semine in muscariis dependente, Plin. 12, 26, 57, § 127.

— A closet or safe, in which writings were kept to protect them from the flies, Inscr. Rom. Viagg. a Pompeii, p. 168.
 
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