Mūcĭus, a (Mutius, Lact. 5, 13, 13),
I the name of a Roman gens. The most celebrated are,
1 C. Mucius Scaevola, who altempted to assassinate Porsena, and, on being apprehended, burned off his right hand , Liv. 2, 12; Cic. Sest. 21, 48; id. Par. 1, 2, 12; Flor. 1, 10; Sen. Ep. 24, 5; 66, 51; Sil. 8, 386; Lact. l. l.—
2 Q. Mucius Scaevola, a governor in Asia , Cic. Caecil. 17, 57. —
3 Q. Mucius Scaevola, an augur, the husband of Laelia , Cic. Brut. 58, 211; id. Phil. 8, 10, 31.—
4 P. Mucius Scaevola, a friend of the Gracchi, and an enemy of the younger Scipio Africanus , Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 31; Pers. 1, 114; Juv. 1, 154.—In fem. , Mūcĭa , the wife of Cn. Pompeius, afterwards divorced from him , Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6; id. Att. 1, 12, 3.—Hence,
II Mūcĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Mucius, Mucian : Mucia prata trans Tiberim, dicta a Mucio, cui a populo data fuerant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll.—
B Subst.: Mūcĭa , ōrum, n. (sc. festa), a festival kept by the Asiatics in commemoration of the good government of Q. Mucius Scaevola, the Mucius festival , Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 51.— Mūcĭ-ānus ( Mut- ), a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Mucius, Mucian : cautio, Dig. 35, 1, 99: satisdatio, ib. 104: exitus, i. e. the death of Q. Mucius Scaevola, who was slain in the temple of Vesta by Damasippus , Cic. Att. 9, 12, 1.