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764 MI1STHOU DIKE. MODULUS.
from J. Capitolinus (Al. Ant. Philos. c. 29). (Com- services which had been performed for them, pro.
pare Reuvens, Collectan. Literar. i. p. 51, &c.; vided it had been agreed that they should be paid
Osann, Analect. crit. i. p. 67, &c.; Ziegler, De for; and, secondly, against persons who either had
Alinzis Romanoruzmn, Giitting. 1788). [L. S.] not or had imperfectly performed the services for
MINA. [TALENTt I.I.] which they were paid. It made no difference
MINOR. [CusRATOt; INFANS.1 whether the service was performed by physical or
MIJNU'TIO CA'PITIS. [CAPUT.] intellectual'powers, as teachers, sophists, actors,
MIRMILLO'NES. [GLADIATorEs, p. 575, b.] authors, and similar persons were paid at Athens
II'SSIO. [ExE RC1TUS, p. 499, b.] (Bickh, Publ. Econ. i. ~ 21), and it is natural to
MIISSIO. [GLADILTORES, p. 575, a.1 suppose that these persons, like others, made agreeNMISTIO'PH IORI (/lu0oqopdpot). [JI ERMc- ments, either written or by word of mouth, reNARII.] specting the remuneration to be given to them. In
MISTHOSEOS DIKE (aLrOcewro oFi;v71), also case either party thought themselves wronged they
called /moO6&fo'Fws orKov 8bKc-, is the action brought might bring the buaOov 8abcV against the other.
against a guardian for either having neglected to Protagoras had written a book called tc[K- /6rEp
make profitable use of the property of his ward, or pALo0oo, and an instance is recorded of an action of
for having made no use of it at all. Use might be this kind in which he demanded payment of one
made of such property either by letting it, if it of his pupils. (Diog. Laert. ix. 8. ~ 8.) It is not
consisted of lands or houses, or by putting it out improbable that his work contained an account of
to interest, if it consisted of capital. The bim this law-suit. (Meier and Sclshmann, Aft. Proc.
lfauO6cEWS WSmust have been of a twofold character, p. 534, &c.) [L,. S.]
either public or private, that is, it might be brought MITRA (tilrpa), signified in general a band of
against the guardian, during the minority of his any kind, and was used specifically to indicate,
ward, by any person who took an interest in the 1. A belt or girdle worn by warriors round the
welfare of the orphan, or it was brought by the waist. [ZoNA.] 2. A broad band of cloth worn
orphan himself after his coming of age. Complaints round the head, to which the nalme of alszdea e
of this kind were brought before the first archon. was sometimes given. [Cona, p. 329, b.] 3. In
In cases where the guardian would not or could later times, a band worn round the bosom by women,
not occupy himself with the administration of the which the Greeks usually called a&rdeo/s.os, and
property of his ward, he might request the archon the Romansfcscitepectoralis or stso)opdii67. (Becker,
to let the whole substance of his ward's property Chsalikles, vol. ii. p. 329.) [ FASCIA S* STROPIIUs.]
to the highest bidder, provided the testator had MIXTA ACTIO. [AcTIo.]
not expressly forbidden this mode of acting in his MNA (/xy). [TALENTUM.]'
will. (Demosth. c. Aphob. p. 837; compare 853, MINE'MATA, MNEMEIA (ttjua-ra, apl8157; Lys. c. Diogit. p. 906.) The letting of such isEa). [FUNvUS, p. 556, a.]
property took place by auction, and probably in the MNOIA (Yuvoa). [Costar.]
presence of a court of justice, for we read that the MIOCHLUS (poxXds). [JANUA.]
court decided in cases where objections were made MO'DIOLUS, the diminutive of MoDrus, is
against the tarms of letting the property. (Isaeus, used for various kinds of small vessels; among
de Philoctes. Leered, p. 141, &c.) The person who others, for the buckets on the edge of the tysztook the property had to pay an annual per- pasusnz, by which water was raised (Vitruv. x.
centage for the right of using it, and this percent- j0), and generally for any kind of bucket or
age frequently amounted to more than 12 per cent. small cistern in hydraulic machinery (lb. 12, 13)
per annumn. If one llan alone was unwilling to for the well of an oil press (Cat. R.R. 20); for
take the whole property on such conditions, it the box of a wheel (Plin. II. L. ix. 4. s. 3; Vitruv
sight be divided and let to several persons sepa- x. 14); and for other kinds of sockets (Vitruv. x,
rately. (Isneus, de Ale lecl. Ilered. p. 13.) The 18). [P. S.]
tenant or tenants of the property of an orphan had MO'DIUS, the principal dry measure of the
to give security (a&rorTLE7/ja) for it, and to mort- Romans, was equal to one-third of the amphora
gage (&roTicp,) his own estate, and the arbchon (Volusius Maecianus, Festus, Priscian, ap. Wurm,
sent especial persons, &a7rorst reiaf, to value his pro- ~ 67), and was therefore equal to irearly two galperty, and to ascertain whether it was eqluivalent ions English. It contained 16 sexctarii, 32 1eminiae,
to that of the orphan. ( Suidas, s. v.'Asro%,uearaI.) 64 quartarii, 128 acertablda, and 192 cyaft/hi. ComThe technical term for letting the property of an pared with the Greek dry measure, it was 1-6th
orphan, whether it Nwas done by the guardian him- of the MEDrMi Nus. Its contents weighed, accordself or by the archon, was ps0soU^, and those who hilg to Pliny, 20 pounds of Gallic wheat, which
took it were said a0oo'Osat'prbv oteo, (osios here was the lightest known at Romle. Farmers made
signifies the whole substance of the property). The use of vessels holding 3 and 10 modii (Colum. xii.
tenants of the estate of an orphan had the right 18. ~ 5). The third part of the jugeruin was
and perhaps the obligation to protect it against any sometimes called asodios. [P. S.]
other person. (Isaeus, de I~en.:he red. p. 289.) It M1O'DULUS (dCdurs/s), the standard measure
is not clear what resource was open to an orphan used in determinling the parts of an architectural
against a tenant who did not fulfil his obligations, order. It was originally the lower diameter of
but it is probable, that if any disputes arose, the the column; but Vitruvius takes, in the Doric
guardian or the archon alone were answerable and order, the lower semlidiameter for the module, rehad to procure justice to the orphan. taining the whole diameter in the other orders.
(Meier and Schminann, Aft. Proc. pp. 295, 532; Modern architects use the semidiameter in all the
BDickh, Publ. Fconz. p. 335, &c., 2d ed.) [L. S.] orders. The system of dividing the module into
MISTHOU DIKE (,lcuo0 iis7cl or LLU0J5OEWoS minutes was not used by the (ancient architects,
8ir'm) is the name of a private action which might who merely used such fiactionall parts of it as uere
be brought against persons who refised to Pay for convenient. The absolute length of the module