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misceo

misceo

to mix, blend

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 174 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. misceO — de Vaan

misceO 'to mix, blend' [v. II; pf miscm, ppp. mixturn] (P1.+; CIL 560 Praeneste misc [2s.ipv.act]) Derivatives: mixtura 'the mixing, combining' (Lucn-l·), mixtim 'in an intermingled manner' (Lucr.), mixtarius 'mixing-vessel' (LuciL); admiscere 4to add, include1 (PL+), — [de Vaan, s.v. misceO, p. 396]

2. miscĕo — Lewis & Short

miscĕo, miscŭi, mixtum (mistum is found in many MSS. and edd., but is probably a corruption of copyists, representing the weakened sound of

I x in later times; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 556), 2, v. a. root mik-, mig-; Sanscr. micras, mixed; Gr. mi/sgw, mi/gnumi; cf. miscellus, to mix, mingle, to intermingle, blend (for the difference between this word and temperare, v. below, II. A.; cf. confundo).
I Lit.
A In gen.; with abl.: (sortes) pueri manu miscentur, Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86: toxicum antidoto, Phaedr. 1, 14, 8: mella Falerno, Hor. S. 2, 4, 24: vina Surrentina faece Falernā, id. ib. 2, 4, 55: pabula sale, Col. 6, 4: nectare aquas, Ov. H. 16, 198.— With dat.: dulce amarumque mihi, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 61: fletum cruori, Ov. M. 4, 140; Col. 7, 5: inter curalium virides miscere smaragdos, Lucr. 2, 805: cumque meis lacrimis miscuit usque suas, Ov. P. 1, 9, 20. —
B In partic.
1 To join one's self to, have carnal intercourse with one: corpus cum aliquā, Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60.—With dat.: sic se tibi misceat, Ov. M. 13, 866: cum aliquo misceri in Venerem, App. M. 9, p. 228, 16: sanguinem et genus, to intermarry, Liv. 1, 9, 4.—
2 To mix, prepare a drink: alteri miscere mulsum, Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 17; Ov. Am. 1, 4, 29: Veientana mihi misces, Mart. 3, 49, 1: pocula alicui, Ov. M. 10, 160: lurida terribiles miscent aconita novercae, id. ib. 1, 147; cf.: miscenda Cum Styge vina bibas, = you shall die, id. ib. 12, 321: nullis aconita propinquis miscuit (Orestes), Juv. 8, 219.—
3 Miscere se, or misceri, to mingle with others, to unite, assemble: miscet (se) viris, Verg. A. 1, 440: se partibus alicujus, Vell. 2, 86, 3: ipsa ad praetoria densae Miscentur, assemble, Verg. G. 4, 75.—
4 Miscere manus or proelia, to join battle, engage (poet.): miscere manus, Prop. 2, 20, 66: proelia dura, id. 4, 1, 28; hence, vulnera, to inflict wounds on each other, Verg. A. 12, 720.—
5 Of storms, to throw into confusion, to disturb, confound, embroil (poet.): caelum terramque, Verg. A. 1, 134: magno misceri murmure pontum, id. ib. 1, 124: miscent se maria, id. ib. 9, 714.—Hence, of persons, to raise a great commotion, make a prodigious disturbance, to move heaven and earth: caelum ac terras, Liv. 4, 3, 6: quis caelum terris non misceat et mare caelo, Juv. 2, 25; cf.: mare caelo confundere, id. 6, 282. —
II Trop.
A In gen., to mix, mingle, unite, etc.: dulce amarumque una nunc misces mihi, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 63: miscent inter sese inimicitiam agitantes, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 275 Vahl.): animum alicujus cum suo miscere, Cic. Lael. 21, 81: gravitate mixtus lepos, id. Rep. 2, 1, 1: misce Ergo aliquid de nostris moribus, Juv. 14, 322: ex dissimillimis rebus misceri et temperari, Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119; cf., joined with temperare, id. Or. 58, 197; also opp. to temperare, since miscere signifies merely to mix, but temperare to mix in due proportion: haec ita mixta fuerunt, ut temperata nullo fuerint modo, Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 42.—
B In partic.
1 To share with, impart to another; to take part in, share in a thing (rare and perhaps not ante-Aug.): cum amico omnes curas, omnes cogitationes tuas misce, share, Sen. Ep. 3, 3: se negotiis, to take part in, engage in, Dig. 26, 7, 39, § 11: administrationi, ib. 27, 1, 17, § 5: paternae hereditati, ib. 29, 2, 42, § 3. —
2 (Acc. to I. B. 5.).
a To throw into confusion, to embroil, disturb (class.): om nia infima summis paria fecit, turbavit, miscuit, Cic. Leg. 3, 9, 19: rem publicam malis concionibus, id. Agr. 2, 33, 91: coetus, Tac. A. 1, 16: animorum motus dicendo, Cic. de Or. 1, 51, 220: anima, quae res humanas miscuit olim, Juv. 10, 163.—
b To stir up, occasion, excite, rouse: ego nova quaedam misceri et concitari mala jam pridem videbam, stirred up, devised, Cic. Cat. 4, 3, 6: seditiones, Tac. H. 4, 68 fin.—
3 Misceri aliquo, to be changed into: mixtus Enipeo Taenarius deus, Prop. 1, 13, 21.

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Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. misceO (scan p. 396; entry #1060).

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