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