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MiSTrS, or MTXTI5 (misceo), onis, f. a 
3 mixing. Vitruv -IT Also, a mixture, 
that whi'.h is mixed, thin, ns mixed. Pal- 
lad. 
MISTuRX, or MIXTuRX (Id.), f. a 
mixing, pi'jhy. Lucret. and Plin. _ 
Hence, an uniting. Sucton. vitiorum 
atque virtutum. —-Also, copulation. 
Lucan. Veneris. Also, without Veneris. 
Plin. In nullo genere icque facili 3 mistu- 
ra cuin fero. —— IT Also, things mingled 
together, a mixture, compound. Colum. 
MISTOS, or MIXTOS, a, urn, partic. 
from misceo.-TT Adj. mixed, mingled, 
blended, tempered, joined, united, uiktos. 
Veil. Mixtissimi mores. 
MTSTdS, or MIXTOS (misceo), us, m. a 
mixing, mingling. Colum. 
HHSy iiairv), yos, n. a hind of mushroom. 
Plin. 19, 12.-- IT Also, a kind of min¬ 
eral, probably yellow copperas or Ro¬ 
man vitriol. Plin. 34, 29. - IT The 
genit. Misys is found in Scrib. Lara -, 
and genit. Misy in Cels. 
MiTE (mitis), adv. mildly, meekly, gently, 
irp&w;. A pul. Mite connivere. Odd. 
Mitius. Cces. Mitissime. 
M1TELLX (dimin. of mitra), re, f. a cap, 
coif, hood or head-band of silk used by vo 
luptuous persons at entertainments. Cic 
-IT Also, a bandage, as for the arm. 
Cels. 
MITeLLITX, or MITELLICX (mitella), 
f. a sumptuous entertainment. Saeton. 
(according to Salmasius, a datione mitel- 
larnm.) 
HiTeSCS (mitis), is, n. 3. to grow ripe or 
2 mellow, to lose its roughness or harsh fla¬ 
vor, ircnropai, re\uovpai. Colum. Uvae 
mitescunt, h. e. grow ripe. Plin. mala. 
Pticuv. fruges. Varr. sorbum. — 
Also, to grow soft or tender. Plin. Er- 
vum initescit. Ovid, herbs_IT Al¬ 
so, to grow tame, gentle, or tractable, 
TiSasoevopiru. Liv.Feree quaedam nun- 
quam mitescunt. - IT Also, of the 
mind, to grow mild or gentle, become ap¬ 
peased or pacified, be softened or moved, be 
allayed or assuaged, grow calm, settle, 
subside. Horat. Nemo adeo ferus est, ut 
non mitescere possit. Ooid. iram. Clau- 
diau. Mitescere precibus. Tacit. Pace 
et otio mitescere. Id. Seditio mitescit. 
Mitescere discordise intestinae me¬ 
in comrauni crept®. — TT Also, of in¬ 
animate things. Vetus Poeta ap. Cic. 
oiBluin mitescere, arbores frondescere, 
tar. air grew mild. Liv. Mitescente jam 
nieme, abating, growing milder, becoming 
more moderate. Sil. Mitescere cceperat 
annus. Horat. Frigora mitescunt Ze- 
P S™’ 0l, ' d ' Freta mitescunt, are 
i™, become calm. Lucan. TEquoreos- 
r® sales 1( tngo mitescere tractu, li. e. 
resits S alt n ess. Plin. Mitescentia Al- 
S. J u S a molli in dextra ac Ireva de- 
ate considunt, growing more and 
mini acc f®?' Me. Claudian ."Nec vanis 
® u « namina votis, are appeased or 
^e their fury. 
IpZ ’Z MIT HRX (ilidpas), re, m. 
ci m t eit V' Stat ' ~~ According to Gre- 
accordin * 0m ? n wr *ters, the sun. But, 
m ?to the hooks of Zendavesta, 
hh ' pa ' llon a,ld cubperator of the sun in 
chip Also, the name of the 
TaJe St0f ^ ■*P Ul -IT AlSO, 
t^leorrnoe r-:.,- IT It is also 
, vrit . 0r J. 0pi> ■ hidor ■ - 
lR ,‘V' MITRaS 
, - and Mitra. 
in. a kind MI T RaX Oitfy>a?)> acis, 
k £ i °fii f PUn WUS ~■’ probabIy a 
Mithridax. 
1 
-TTItis also called 
Mln'riT,. • s °lin. 
latino- r fMltbras )> a > um r a <lj- re 
AnZr Prid - 
„. a i- rno j)’ a - 
name nf (^‘Htioarq 
... , um. 
Man'll. 
of seve?nJ is, m. a 
Great, kins- 0 f p Ve f sons • Mithridates the 
«• Romal?i 0ntm ’ T" ed war tnst 
JWpeu ana stJl! ■ last con f rLered by 
** constitution a h lm self. He fortified 
^ poison, W i t h anttd otes against 
«to destroy L . enemi ™ attempl- 
1 fcgrcc, thatthJ and th * k <> did to such 
Htr )>ut a,, 1 Fr,™’ WklCh hR t00k in 
r- d t faZ «• unavail- 
M ^'Uimte/“ r hl>Santid otc, called 
' Also mhhridaticurn. pu„ __ 
° to**** of the witness - 
against 
Flaccus. Cic. Flacc. 17. Hence, Id. Cri¬ 
men MithHdaticum, h. e. the accusation 
brought by him. 
MITlIRfD aTICOS (Mithridates), a, um, 
adj. relating to Mithridates. Cic. hel¬ 
ium. Plin. antidotum. Cic. crimen. 
See Mithridates. 
MITHRIDaTIOS, or MITHRIDaTIOS 
3 (1<1.), a, um, adj. same as Mithridaticus, 
Gcll. antidotum, h. e. the antidote of Mb 
thridates. 
MITHRrDAX,aeis, f. See Mithrax. 
MilIFIC5 (mitificus), as, avi, atum, a. 
'•to ma/ce mild, soft or tender. Cic. Cibus 
mitificatus, h. e. well digested, concocted, 
changed into chyle. -TT Also, to make 
mild or gentle. Gell. homines. — Hence, 
to tame. Plin. elephantum. 
MITfFfCOS (mitis & facio), a, um, adj. 
J gentle, easy, light. Sil 
MJTfGrABILITER, and MITIGaNTER 
3 (mitigo), adv. mildly, gently. Cxi. Au- 
relian. 
MTTfG aTTS (Id.), onis, f. a mitigating, 
1 mitigation, softening, soothing, easing 
appeasing, assuaging, ypepwois, Trpdiiv- 
o-i f. Cic. 
MUTGaTIViIS (Id.), a, um, adj. miti- 
3 gating^ alleviating. Cxi. Aur. 
MiTIGaToRIijS (Id.), a, um, adj. miti- 
2 gating, lenitive, TrpaiSvTiK/>{. Plin. 
MITIGO (for mitem ago, h. e. facio), as, 
avi, atum, a. 1. to make mild, soft or ten¬ 
der, take away the roughness, sharpness or 
harshness of a thing, paXaicuvoo. Cic. 
fruges, h. e. to make ripe or mellow. Id. 
cibum, li. e. to make mild, soft or tender, 
by cooking or roasting. Id. agros, A. e. 
to make fruitful. Plin. arbores silvestres, 
h. e. to cultivate. Id. amaritudinem fru- 
gum. Id. cervicum duritias_Also, 
to tame, subdue, check. Plin. rabiem. 
Id. pilos, h. c. to thin. Scnec. animal. 
Plin. Ep. morbum. Ovid. iras. Curt. 
aures elephantorum ad sonum notum, 
h. c. to accustom to. —— TT Also, to miti 
gate, make meek or mild, soften, temper, 
smooth the asperity of any thing, mollify, 
assuage, soothe, allay, pacify, ease, ap¬ 
pease, relieve, quiet, still. Cic. dolores. 
Id. labores. Quintil. febrem quiete. 
Plin. Ep. morbum ternperantia. Plin. 
tormina. Cic. acerbam severitatem con 
dimentis humanitatis. Id. invidiam ex 
tenuando. Id. animum alicujus. Co¬ 
lum._ querimonias. Ovid. iras. Cic. 
tristitiam. Id. aliquem. Tacit. Miti- 
gare aliquem pecunia, to corrupt, bribe. 
Plin. Ep. Senatui licet mitigare leges, 
to moderate, qualify, soften the ria-or of. 
MiTrs (perhaps from psiovv), e, adj. mild, 
soft, tender, ripe, mellow, mature, not hard, 
rough or sharp, paXaicds, mirr6 s . Vim 
poma. Id. uva. Id. Bacchus, li. e. vi 
num. Ovid, succus, sc. herbarum._ 
Figur. Cic. Thucydides fuisset maturi 
or et mitior.-TT Also, fruitful. IIo 
rat. solum. .- IT Also, calm, still 
tranquil, placid. Virg. fluvius. Sil. fla 
mina. Id. flamma, h. e. harmless, in¬ 
noxious -TT Also, mild, gentle, soft, 
kind, humane, not ho.rsh, rough or severe; 
easy, light, mild, tolerable, irpao;. Cic. 
animus. Id. doctrina. Id. oratio. Id. 
Homo mitissimus. IPirt.. verba. Prop. 
servitium. Ovid, consilium. Cic. Do¬ 
lor mitior. Quintil. Poena mitior. — 
Also, of animals, tame, gentle. Ovid. 
taurus-Also, with an accusat. follow 
ing. Horat. Mitior animum, h. e. ani- 
mo. — Also, with a dat. following. Ov¬ 
id. hostibus. Tacit, poenitentirr;, h. e. 
towards the penitent. -TT Mite, adv. 
See Mite. 
MITISSIME, l q 
MITIUS I “ ee 
MITIuSCitLOS (mitior), a, um, adj. some- 
o what milder . Cxi. jiurel. 
MITRX (uirpa), te, f. a mitre, covering for 
the head, particularly of women, dvadeo- 
M, pbrpa. Ovid. Hence, Clodius, when 
he went in woman’s clothes to the so- 
'sfHH'ties of Bona Dea, had on a mitra. 
Cic. Also, of fashionable young men, or 
effeminate persons. Lucret. and Virv. 
Probably a cap, hood or coif tied under die 
chin. Virg. JEn. 9, G16. It consisted, 
perhaps, in a broad fillet, which covered 
the head like a coif, and was tied under 
the chin with bands. Some suppose it 
to have been a hat or cap. It was also 
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formerly worn by the Lydians, Phrygl 
ans, Arabians, &c., consequently also 
by men. 
EXTRAS or MITRA, m. See Mithras. 
iTRa! oS (mitra), a, um, adj. wearing 
2 a mitra. Plin. 3 
^ f ‘ same as MUella. Sol. 
iVU I IIX. See Miscix. 
MITT5 (meo, to make go), is, mlsi, mis- 
sum, a. 3. to let go, let run, cause to 
go. Horat. equum per ignes. Liv. 
curas ex animo, h. e. to dismiss, banish, 
id. exercitum inermem. Id. hostem 
e manibus, or de manibus. Ovid, equos 
(in the public games). So also, Liv. 
quadngas, or, Horal. currus. Cats. Mit- 
titur ex oppido, h. e. he is permitted to 
leave the town. Plant. Mitte me, h. e. suffer 
me to go, do not hinder me from goinir. 
Liv. aliquem (e vinculis). Cic. aliquem 
ad mortem, or, Plant, morti, h. e. to or- 
arr to be put to death, or to put-to death. 
Lie. Luna mittit lucem in terras, h. e. 
sheds, casts, reflects. Id. aliquem in ne- 
gotium, h. c. to give him something to do 
with business. Id. se in aliquem, h. c. 
to proceed against, fall upon, assail, in- 
vade, attack. Virg. se in feedera. h. e. 
to enter into or make. Cic. legiones 
sub jugum, or, Liv. sub jugo, li. e. ti, make 
to pass under the yoke. Id. in suffragi- 
um, h. e. to cause to vote. Cic. judices 
in consilium, to let them deliberatesupon a 
matter, and afterwards take their votes, 
or, to send the judges to make out their ver¬ 
dict. Ovid, lares sub titulum, h. e. to 
put up a house for sale or hire. -IT Al¬ 
so, to let go, leave alone. Horat. cutem. 
Terent. aliquem. So, also, Cic. Facere 
aliquem missum, to let go, let alone, 
trouble not. -TT Also, to let go, let be, 
omit, pass over, wave, forbear, cease, 
give over. Liu. ambages. Cic. proelia, 
h. e. to say nothing of. Id. de amissa max¬ 
ima parte exercitus, h. e. not to speak of. 
Also, with an infinit. following. Terent. 
male Inqui, h. e. do not, &c. Also, with 
quod following. Cic. Mitto, quod peri- 
cula subire paratissimus fueris. So, 
also, Id. Missum facere aliquid, for 
mittere. — Also, to let be, not to care for, 
not to trouble one's self about, to slight. 
Cic. Missos facere honores. — Also’ to 
throw away, lay aside, dismiss, drop, give 
over, put an end to. Liv. odium. Vim. 
timorem. Id. cerfamen. So, also, Te¬ 
rent. Facere aliquid missum.- IT Al¬ 
so, to let go, dismiss. Liv. milites, h. e. 
to discharge, disband. So, also, Auct. B. 
Afric. Missum facere aliquem. So, al¬ 
so, Sueton. Uxorem missam facere, h. e. 
to put away, repudiate. Plaut. Feminam 
mittere. Cces. senatum. So, also, Liv 
prietorium. ,Cic. lictores_IT Also 
to set at liberty, discharge, release. Liv. 
Mitti eum jubere. Hence, Manumitto. 
(See Manumitto.) So also, Cces. and 
JVep. Missum facere. - IT Also, to 
let or cause to go out from one’s self or 
another person : to send or put forth, pro¬ 
duce, emit. Cels. Mittere sangninem, 
or, Id. Mittere sanguinem alicui, h. e. 
to let blood, bleed, (pAefforogeiv. Figur. 
Cic. pro vi noise, h. e. to plunder, drain, 
impoverish. Plin. florem, h. e. to blos¬ 
som, put forth flowers. So, also, Id. fo¬ 
lium. Colum. radices. Cic. vocem, 
li. e. to utter, speak, say, sound. So, 
also, Cws. orationem. — Hence, Mit¬ 
tere signum, to give, show a mark or 
sign. Cxs. timoris. Lucret.. sanguinis 
h. e. to have a mark of blood, look Moody. 
-TT Also, to send, despatch, ireumo, 
areAAco. Cxs. and Cic. legatos ad ali- 
quem. JYcp. Mittere, for legatos mit¬ 
tere. Cats, alicui aliquem auxilio. 
Hep. literas ad aliquem, or, Cic. alicui. 
Id. Misi, qui diceret, for misi aliquem, 
qui, &c. So, also, Pompei. in Cic. Ep. 
Missum facere. — It is also followed by 
an infinit. instead of the supine. Terent. 
Misit orare. — Hence, of countries 
which produce certain products in 
great quantities, to produce, yield, af¬ 
ford. Virg. India mittit ebur. Ovid. 
Tura nec Euphrates, nec miserat India 
costum. — Also, to send, inspire with. 
Virg. alicui inentem. — Also, to write , 
inform, send word to, either by letter or 
word of mouth, emareWsiv. Cic. Cu¬ 
rio misi, ut medio honos haberetur. h. e 
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