musivus

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

mūsīvus, a, um, adj. [musa],

of or belonging to a muse, artistic : fontem opere musivo exornare, Inscr. Orell. 3323; cf. Museus.—As subst.: mūsīvum , i, n., = μουσεῖον, mosaic work, mosaic (post-class.): pictum de musivo, Spart. Pesc. 6: musivo picta genera hominum, Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 8.