missĭlis — Lewis & Short
missĭlis, e, adj.id.,
I that may be hurled or cast, that is thrown or hurled, missile (not in Cic. or Cæs.):
lapides missiles,slingstones, Liv. 1, 43:
telum,id. 22, 37:
ferro, quod nunc missile libro,a javelin, Verg. A. 10, 421:
sagittae,Hor. C. 3, 6, 16:
uni sibi missile ferrum,which he alone can launch, Stat. Th. 8, 524:
aculei (of the porcupine),capable of being shot forth, Plin. 8, 35, 53, § 125.—
II Subst.
A missĭle, is, n., a missile weapon, missile, a javelin:
missilibus Lacedaemonii pugnabant,Liv. 34, 39; in plur.:
missilibus lacessere,Verg. A. 10, 716:
pellere missilibus,id. ib. 9, 520; 10, 802; in sing., Luc. 7, 485.—
B missĭlĭa, ĭum, n., or res missiles, presents thrown by the emperors among the people:
sparsa et populo missilia omnium rerum,Suet. Ner. 11; cf.:
jocandi licentia diripiendi pomorum, et obsoniorum rerumque missilium,id. Aug. 98.—*
2 Trop.:
ad haec, quae a fortunā sparguntur, sinum expandit et sollicitus missilia ejus exspectat,Sen. Ep. 74, 6.