miscix

Latin

Alternative forms

  • mixcīx, mittīx

Etymology

Possibly from misceō (“to mix”). Compare nūgāx (“incompetent; bungling”) and miscelliō (“irresolute or fickle person”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

miscīx (genitive miscīcis); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. (hapax legomenon) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. done halfway or improperly
      • c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 45.6:
        Nōn est miscīx. Ferrum optimum datūrus est, sine fugā, carnārium in mediō, ut amphitheāter videat.
        He doesn't mess around. He's going to give us a proper fight, no running, a public slaughterhouse, so the whole amphitheater can see.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative miscīx miscīcēs miscīcia
genitive miscīcis miscīcium
dative miscīcī miscīcibus
accusative miscīcem miscīx miscīcīs
miscīcēs 		miscīcia
ablative miscīcī
miscīce 		miscīcī miscīcibus
vocative miscīx miscīcēs miscīcia

References

  • “mixcix” on page 1233 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
  • “miscix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “miscix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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