mouldy Copy link Outline 1. mūcĭdus2. sĭtu corruptus • mouldy: 1. mūcĭdus: m. bits of bread, m. panis frusta, Juv. 14, 128: Mart. 2. sĭtu corruptus: cf. Col. 12, 3, med. (ne supellex vestisve situ dilapatur, aut fruges ... negligentia desidiave corrumpantur). Phr.: to grow m., mucorem contrahere, Col. 12, 4; also, mucescere, Plin. 14, 20, 26 (of wine becoming mouldy or musty): in same sense, to be m., mucēre, Cato R. R. 148: they run no risk of getting m. (or rusty), periculum situs non adeunt, Sen. Ben. 3, 2, 2.