mūsĭcus . a, um, adj., = μουσικός.
I Of or belonging to music, musical (class.).
A Adj. : leges musicae, the rules of music , Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 39: sonus citharae, Phaedr. 4, 18, 20: pedes, Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 6.—
B Subst .
1 mūsĭcus , i, m., a musician : musicorum aures, Cic. Off. 1, 41, 146.—
2 mūsĭ-ca , ōrum, n., music : in musicis numeri, et voces, et modi, Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 187: dedere se musicis, id. ib. 1, 3, 10: et omnia musicorum organa, Vulg. 1 Par. 16, 42.—
II In gen.
1 Of or belonging to poetry, poetical; subst., a poet : applicare se ad studium musicum, the art of poetry , Ter. Heaut. 23: ars, Ter. Phorm. 18: musicus pes, a metrical foot of five syllables , – ⏑ – ⏑ ⏑ (e. g. temperantia), Diom. p. 478 P.—
2 Of or belonging to science, scientific : ludus, scientific occupation , Gell. praef.—Hence, adv.: * mūsĭcē , = μουσικῶς: musice hercle agitis aetatem, you are in clover , i. e. living luxuriously at another's expense , Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 40.