I. Of or belonging to music, musical (class.).
A. Adj.: “leges musicae,” the rules of music, Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 39: “sonus citharae,” Phaedr. 4, 18, 20: “pedes,” Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 6.—
B. Subst.
2. mūsĭ-ca , ōrum, n., music: “in musicis numeri, et voces, et modi,” Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 187: “dedere se musicis,” id. ib. 1, 3, 10: “et omnia musicorum organa,” Vulg. 1 Par. 16, 42.—
II. In gen.
1. Of or belonging to poetry, poetical; subst., a poet: applicare se ad studium musicum, the art of poetry, Ter. Heaut. prol. 23: “ars,” id. Phorm. prol. 18: musicus pes, a metrical foot of five syllables, ¯ “˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ (e. g. temperantia),” Diom. p. 478 P.—
2. Of or belonging to science, scientific: ludus, scientific occupation, Gell. praef.—Hence, adv.: * mūsĭcē , = μουσικῶς: musice hercle agitis aetatem, you are in clover, i. e. living luxuriously at another's expense, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 40.