mugitus

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

mūgītus, ūs, m. [1. mugio], a lowing, bellowing (class.).

I Lit.: mugitusque boum, Verg. G. 2, 470: edere, to utter lowings, to low , Ov. M. 7, 597: dare, id. F. 1, 560: tollere, Verg. A. 2, 223.—

II Transf., a bellowing, rumbling, roaring, loud noise : mugitus terrae, Cic. Div. 1, 18: nemorum, Plin. 18, 35, 86, § 360; Stat. Th. 10, 263: labyrinthi, Juv. 1, 53.

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