ad-miscĕo — Lewis & Short
ad-miscĕo, scui, xtum (better than -stum), 2, v. a.,
I to add to by mingling, to mix with, mingle with, to admix (in admiscere there is a ref. to a principal constituent, to which something is added; in immiscere, to the intimate union of the ingredients; in permiscere, to the removal of their distinct characteristics).
I Lit., constr. with the abl. of that with which any thing is mingled:
aër multo calore admixtus,Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 27 (cf. on the contr. ib. § 26: aquae admixtum calorem;
and soon after: admixtum calorem): genus radicis admixtum lacte,Caes. B. C. 3, 48.— With in with acc.:
admixtis in heminam seminis resinae coclearibus duobus,Plin. 26, 10, 66, § 104.—With cum:
admiscent torrefacta sesama cum aniso,Col. 12, 15.—
II Transf.
A Of things, to mingle in, to mix with, to add to, etc.:
nec tamen admiscent in eorum corpus inane,Lucr. 1, 745: deus bonis omnibus mundum implevit;
mali nihil admiscuit,Cic. Univ. 3: se admiscere atque implicare hominum vitiis, id. Fragm. ap. Aug. de Trin. 14, 19:
sed hoc cum iis rationibus admisceri nolo,be mixed up, id. Att. 7, 1:
admiscere huic generi orationis illud alterum,id. de Or. 2, 49:
versus admiscere orationi,id. Tusc. 2, 11, 26:
admiscenda venus est timori,Ov. A. A. 3, 609:
non admixtus fidei,Vulg. Heb. 4, 2; ib. Eccli. 23, 10.—
B Of persons.
1 To mix up with, to add or join to:
his Antonianos milites admiscuerat,Caes. B. C. 3. 4:
expeditos antesignanos admiscuit,id. ib. 3, 75 fin.:
ad id consilium admisceor,Cic. Phil. 12, 16:
admiscerenturne plebeii,i. e. whether the plebeians should be admitted to the number of the decemvirs, Liv. 3, 32, 7:
admixti funditoribus sagittarii,Curt. 3, 9; Verg. A. 7, 579.—
2 To involve or entangle in a thing: se, to interfere or meddle with:
ita tu istaec tua misceto, ne me admisceas,Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 35:
ne te admisce: nemo accusat, Syre, te,id. ib. 5, 2, 22:
ad id consilium admiscear?Cic. Phil. 12, 7:
Trebatium vero meum, quod isto admisceas nihil est,implicate, involve in, id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3.—Hence, admixtus, a, um, P. a., that is mingled with something, mixed, not simple:
simplex animi natura est, nec habet in se quidquam admixtum,Cic. de Sen. 21:
nihil est animis admixtum, nihil concretum, nihil copulatum, nihil coagmentatum, nihil duplex,id. Tusc. 1, 29.—Comp., sup., and adv. not used.