Muscárius, pen. cor. Adiectiuum. Perteyning to flies. vt, Araneus muscarius. Plin. A spider that taketh flies.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
muscārĭus, a, um, adj. [musca], of or belonging to flies, fly- (post-Aug.). I.Adj.: aranei muscarii tela, i. e.
fly-hunting
, Plin. 29, 6, 38, 131: clavus,
a broad-headed nail
, Vitr. 7, 3, 11.—Hence, II.Subst.: muscā-rĭum, ii, n., a fly-flap, fly-brush, used also as a clothes-brush, made of peacocks' tails, Mart. 14, 67in lemm.; or hairy ox-tails, id. 14, 71in lemm.; or horse-tails, Veg. Vet. 4, 1.—B.Transf.1.The hairy or fibrous part of plants, the umbel: semine in muscariis dependente, Plin. 12, 26, 57, 127.— 2.A closet or safe, in which writings were kept to protect them from the flies, Inscr. Rom. Viagg. a Pompeii, p. 168.