MISCELLANY  , a See also:

• TERM

term applied to a single See also:

• BOOK

book containing articles, See also:

• TREATISES

treatises or other writings dealing with a variety of different subjects . It is a See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title in the literature of the 17th and 18th centuries . The word is an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of See also:

• LAT

Lat. miscellanea (from miscellaneus, mixed, miscere, to mix), used in this sense by See also:

• TERTULLIAN (c. 155-c. 222)

Tertullian, Miscellanea Ptolemaei (Tert. adv . Val . 12); the See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary use of the word in Latin was for a dish of broken meats, applied by See also:

• JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS) (c. 60-140)

Juvenal (xi . 20) to the coarse See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food of See also:

• GLADIATORS (from Lat. gladius, sword)

gladiators . The Lat. miscellaneus has affected the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a word which is now usually spelled " maslin," applied to a mixture of various kinds of See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, especially See also:

• RYE

rye and See also:

• WHEAT
• WHEAT (Triticum)

wheat . This, however, is really from the O . Fr. mesteillon; See also:

• LATE

Late Lat. mistilio, formed from mistus, past participle of miscere, to mix, mingle .