Moses

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

Mōses or Moȳses, is or i, m. (in Vulg. nom. semper Moȳses; gen. Moȳsi, Lev. 8, 36; 16, 34; Num. 3, 1; 33, 1, etc.: Mosi, Sedul. 5, 274),

I = Μωσῆς, Μωυσῆς, Moses : Moses, Juv. 14, 102: Moyses, Tac. H. 5, 4: Moysen unum exsulum monuisse, ut, etc., id. ib. 5, 3: a Mose, Plin. 30, 1, 2, § 11: successor fuit Mosi, Lact. 4, 14: clarum videre Mŏysen, Sedul. 3, 285; Prud. Ham. 340.— Hence,

A Mōsēĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Moses (post-class.): Moseia virga, Paul. Nol. Carm. 23, 354.—

B Mō-sēus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Moses : manus, Juvenc. 2, 219 dub.—

C Mōsĭtĭ-cus , a, um, adj., Mosaic , Ven. Fort. Vit. St. Mart. 2, 28.

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