noun greek

mūsĭmo

gen. mūsĭmŏnis · gender masculine · decl. 3rd

or , , , = μούσμων

an animal of Sardinia; the muflone

an animal of Sardinia, prob. the muflone, from which we have the tame sheep, Plin. 8, 49, 75, § 199.—

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Transf.: musimones asini, muli, aut equi breves. Lucil. lib. sexto: pretium emit, qui vendit equum musimonem (i. e. a stallion). Cato Deletorio: asinum aut musimonem aut arietem, Non. 137, 22 sq.; cf. Serv. Verg. G. 3, 446.

Perseus ID: n30118 Key: musimo