Molossicus

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

Mŏlossĭcus, a, um, adj. [Molossus],

Molossian (ante- and post-class.): parasiti Molossici (v. Molossus, A.), i. e. as ravenous as Molossian hounds , Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 18: carmen, consisting wholly of molossi (———; e. g.: Romani victores Germanis devictis), Diom. p. 513 P.