mustus

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

mustus, a, um,

I adj., young, new, fresh (as adj. only ante-class.): agna, Cato ap. Prisc. 711 P.: vinum, id. R. R. 115.—

II Subst.: mustum , i, n., new or unfermented wine, must , Cato R. R. 120: dulce, Verg. G. 1, 295: novum, Plin. Ep. 9, 16, 2: linire victuro dolia musto, Juv. 9, 58.— Plur. , of the different kinds of must, Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 125 al.—Poet. in plur.: musta , ōrum, vintages , i. e. autumns : tercentum musta videre, Ov. M. 14, 146.—Trop.: quasi de musto ac lacu fervidam orationem fugiendam, Cic. Brut. 83, 288.—

B Transf., of oil: olei musta, new oil (al. olei, quam musta), Plin. 15, 1, 2, § 5.