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(adjective) : mūtus, a, um, root mu-, to shut; Sanscr. mūkas, dumb; Gr. μύτις, μυάω; cf. Lat. mussare
* Dumb, mute (class.; cf.: infans, elinguis).
* Lit., that does not speak, silent.—Of creatures who do not possess the faculty of speech, and can utter only inarticulate sounds: pecudes,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 24: bestiae,id. Fin. 1, 21, 71: agna,Hor. S. 2, 3, 219: armenta,Stat. Th. 5, 334: animalia,Juv. 8, 56: satius est mutum esse quam quod nemo intellegat dicere,Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 22: subjugale, animal,Vulg. 2 Pet. 2, 16: vere dici potest, magistratum legem esse loquentem, legem autem mutum magistratum,Cic. Leg. 3, 1, 2: papae! Jugularas hominem: quid ille? Thr. Mutus illico, he was struck speechless, was silent, could not say a word more, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 27: ad mandata mancus est, caecus, mutus,Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 45: mutum dices, you shall call me dumb, i. e. I will not say a word, id. Heaut. 4, 4, 26: omnis pro nobis gratia muta fuit,has not spoken a word,Ov. P. 2, 7, 52: mutus aspectus miserorum lacrimas movet,Quint. 6, 1, 26: numquam vox est de te mea muta,i. e. I have never ceased to praise thee,Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 17: dolore lyra est,id. H. 15, 198: spiritus,which makes one mute,Vulg. Marc. 9, 16; 9, 24.—Of that which utters no sound, dumb, mute, silent: tintinnabulum,Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 163: imago,Cic. Cat. 3, 5: mare,the silent sea,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 69: consonantes,which cannot be pronounced alone, mutes,Quint. 1, 4, 6: artes, the plastic arts, arts of design, opp. to eloquence, Cic. de Or. 3, 7; also, artes, the silent arts, i. e. which do not concern themselves with language, as medicine, Verg. A. 12, 397: scientia,i. e. which does not impart the power of speaking,Quint. 5, 10, 119: instrumentum fundi,i. e. wagons, carts,Varr. R. R. 1, 17: magistri,i. e. books,Gell. 14, 2, 1: lapides,that say nothing, have no inscriptions on them,Hyg. de Lim. p. 156 Goes.: muta exta dicuntur, quibus nihil divinationis aut deorum responsi inesse animadvertunt, contra adjutoria, quae certum aliquid eventurum indicant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 157 Müll.: simulacra muta,dumb idols,Vulg. 1 Cor. 12, 2.
* Transf., of places where no sound is heard, silent, still: mutum forum, elinguem curiam, tacitam et fractam civitatem videbatis,Cic. post Red. 1, 3: solitudo,id. Mil. 19: spelunca,Stat. Ach. 1, 239.—Of times: nullum fuit tempus, quod magis debuerit mutum esse a litteris,in which nothing should have been written,Cic. Att. 8, 14, 1: silentia noctis,the deep silence of night,Ov. M. 7, 184.—Of things of which nothing is said: mutum aevum,not celebrated, unsung,Sil. 3, 579.—As subst.
* Mūtus, i, m., a dumb person, a mute (ante- and postclass): Char. Quin taces? Eut. Muto imperas, Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 26: sicut mutus, Vulg. Psa. 38, 13: aperta erit lingua mutorum,id. Isa. 35, 6; Lact. 4, 15, 8: mutum neque stipulari neque promittere posse palam est,Gai. Inst. 3, 105.
* Mūtum, i, n. (sc. animal), a dumb creature, brute: separat hoc nos A grege mutorum,Juv. 15, 143.
* Dumb, mute (class.; cf.: infans, elinguis).
* Lit., that does not speak, silent.—Of creatures who do not possess the faculty of speech, and can utter only inarticulate sounds: pecudes,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 24: bestiae,id. Fin. 1, 21, 71: agna,Hor. S. 2, 3, 219: armenta,Stat. Th. 5, 334: animalia,Juv. 8, 56: satius est mutum esse quam quod nemo intellegat dicere,Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 22: subjugale, animal,Vulg. 2 Pet. 2, 16: vere dici potest, magistratum legem esse loquentem, legem autem mutum magistratum,Cic. Leg. 3, 1, 2: papae! Jugularas hominem: quid ille? Thr. Mutus illico, he was struck speechless, was silent, could not say a word more, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 27: ad mandata mancus est, caecus, mutus,Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 45: mutum dices, you shall call me dumb, i. e. I will not say a word, id. Heaut. 4, 4, 26: omnis pro nobis gratia muta fuit,has not spoken a word,Ov. P. 2, 7, 52: mutus aspectus miserorum lacrimas movet,Quint. 6, 1, 26: numquam vox est de te mea muta,i. e. I have never ceased to praise thee,Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 17: dolore lyra est,id. H. 15, 198: spiritus,which makes one mute,Vulg. Marc. 9, 16; 9, 24.—Of that which utters no sound, dumb, mute, silent: tintinnabulum,Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 163: imago,Cic. Cat. 3, 5: mare,the silent sea,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 69: consonantes,which cannot be pronounced alone, mutes,Quint. 1, 4, 6: artes, the plastic arts, arts of design, opp. to eloquence, Cic. de Or. 3, 7; also, artes, the silent arts, i. e. which do not concern themselves with language, as medicine, Verg. A. 12, 397: scientia,i. e. which does not impart the power of speaking,Quint. 5, 10, 119: instrumentum fundi,i. e. wagons, carts,Varr. R. R. 1, 17: magistri,i. e. books,Gell. 14, 2, 1: lapides,that say nothing, have no inscriptions on them,Hyg. de Lim. p. 156 Goes.: muta exta dicuntur, quibus nihil divinationis aut deorum responsi inesse animadvertunt, contra adjutoria, quae certum aliquid eventurum indicant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 157 Müll.: simulacra muta,dumb idols,Vulg. 1 Cor. 12, 2.
* Transf., of places where no sound is heard, silent, still: mutum forum, elinguem curiam, tacitam et fractam civitatem videbatis,Cic. post Red. 1, 3: solitudo,id. Mil. 19: spelunca,Stat. Ach. 1, 239.—Of times: nullum fuit tempus, quod magis debuerit mutum esse a litteris,in which nothing should have been written,Cic. Att. 8, 14, 1: silentia noctis,the deep silence of night,Ov. M. 7, 184.—Of things of which nothing is said: mutum aevum,not celebrated, unsung,Sil. 3, 579.—As subst.
* Mūtus, i, m., a dumb person, a mute (ante- and postclass): Char. Quin taces? Eut. Muto imperas, Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 26: sicut mutus, Vulg. Psa. 38, 13: aperta erit lingua mutorum,id. Isa. 35, 6; Lact. 4, 15, 8: mutum neque stipulari neque promittere posse palam est,Gai. Inst. 3, 105.
* Mūtum, i, n. (sc. animal), a dumb creature, brute: separat hoc nos A grege mutorum,Juv. 15, 143.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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