miscellāneus (miscill-), a, um, adj. miscellus, mixed, miscellaneous (postAug.): turba, of all sorts, App. M. 3, p. 129 fin.
— Subst.:
miscellānea, ōrum, n. A hash of different sorts of broken meat, a gallimaufry, hodge-podge, the coarse diet of gladiators, Juv. 11, 20.
— A writing on miscellaneous subjects: Miscellanea Ptolemaei, Tert. adv. Val. 12.