Moesi

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Moesi, ōrum, m.,

I the Moesians, a people in the modern Bulgaria and Servia , Plin. 3, 26, 29, § 149; 4, 11, 18, § 41; Tac. A. 15, 6; Juv. 9, 143; Inscr. Orell. 4984.

II —Hence, Moesĭa , ae, f., the country of the Moesi, Moesia , the modern Bulgaria and Servia , Plin. 3, 26, 29, § 149; Tac. A. 1, 80; 2, 66 et saep.—As Moesia superior and inferior, also in plur., Moesiae, Suet. Vit. 15.—

II Derivv.

A Moesĭăcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Moesia, Moesian : exercitus, Suet. Vesp. 6: copiae, Tac. H. 2, 32.—

B Moesĭcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Moesia, Moesian : gentes, Plin. 4, 1, 1, § 3.