The corpus record — Latin

miluus

miluus · m

a bird of prey, a kite, glede

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Where it lives

Epodon 1 · 3.33/10k
Aulularia 2 · 2.9/10k
Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
Fabulae Aesopiae 2 · 1.82/10k
De idolatria 1 · 1.45/10k
Epistulae 1 · 1.01/10k
Phormio 1 · 0.92/10k
Poenulus 1 · 0.91/10k
Octavius 1 · 0.86/10k
Rudens 1 · 0.84/10k
Satyricon 2 · 0.66/10k
Amores 1 · 0.64/10k

Densest 12 of 20 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

miluus — Lewis & Short

miluus (later also, milvus), i, m.,

I a bird of prey, a kite, glede.

I Lit.: pulmentum ei deripuit miluos ... postulare ut sibi liceret miluom vadarier, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 37; 40; id. Rud. 4, 4, 80; Plin. 10, 10, 12, § 28: miluo est quoddam bellum quasi naturale cum corvo, Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125: adulteretur et columba miluo, of something impossible, Hor. Epod. 16, 32.—Of rapacious men, a kite: male ego metuo miluos, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 13.—Prov.: dives arat Curibus, quantum non milvus oberret, so large that a kite could not fly across it, Pers. 4, 26; Juv 9, 55; Petr. 37, 8—

II Transf.

A A fish of prey, a gurnard: (metuit) opertum miluus hamum, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 51; Ov. Hal. 95.—

B A constellation: stella Lycaoniam vergit proclivis ad Arcton Miluus, Ov. F. 3, 794; Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 237.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. miluus (scan p. 427; entry #6865).

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