MISS Copy link • MISS 1. s. As a title of respect, of an unmarried lady, domina; also, (if very young) dominula, domicella (of the Silver age, and late; Vid: Bocltiger’s Sabina, 1, p. 37) : 2. s. i. e., LOSS, WANT; Vid: these words. 3. v. Not to hit, non ferire (after Hor., A.P. 350): ictus alicui deerrat (the blow missed him; Vid: Plin. 28, 8, 16): without missing, sine frustratione (Quint., 2, 20, 3): to cause a thrust or blow to miss, frustrari ictum (Curt., 6, 5, 16). To feel the loss or absence of a thing, desiderare; quaerere; requirere: to miss very much, desiderio alicujus rei angi; magna molestia desiderare aliquid. To omit, omittere, praetermittere: to miss an opportunity, occasionem omittere or amittere (Cic.); praetermittere (Caes.); dimittere (Nep.): not to miss an opportunity, occasionem captare (Cic.); arripere (Liv.).