milŭīnus (also milvīnus), a, um, adj. [milvus],
I of or belonging to the kite (class.): plumae, Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 167.—
B Transf., resembling a kite, kite-like , i. e. rapacious : ungulae, i. e. a thief's clutches , Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 63. pullus, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6: miluinus pes, kite's foot , an herb so called from its resemblance to the foot of a kite, Col. 12, 7, § 1; cf. Plin. 27, 8, 35, § 57.—
II Subst.: miluīna ( milvīna ), ae, f. *
A (Sc. fames.) A kite's , i. e. a ravenous, appetite, voracity , Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 29 (dub.; Ritschl, bulimam).—
B (Sc. tibia.) A kind of flute of a very clear tone : miluina genus tibiae acutissimi soni, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.; Sol. 5, 19.