mussō

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musso, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. (depon. collat. form: discumbimus mussati, Varr. ap. Non. 249, 10) [root mu-, shut; Sanscr. mūkas, dumb; Gr. muaô, muôps; cf. mustêrion; Lat. mutus], to say in a low tone, to mutter, murmur; to be silent respecting a thing (not in Cic. or Cæs.; syn.: mutio, murmuro).

Lit.: mussare murmurare. Ennius: in occulto mussabant. Vulgo vero pro tacere dicitur, ut idem Ennius: non decet mussare bonos, Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll. (cf. Ann. v. 185; 348; 426;

Trag. v. 432 Vahl.): soli Aetoli id decretum clam mussantes carpebant,

Liv. 33, 31:

flent maesti mussantque patres,

Verg. A. 11, 454; Anthol. Lat. 1, 170, 108: aequum non est occultum id haberi, neque per metum mussari, to bear or brook in silence, Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 12: egomet mecum mussito: Bona [p. 1180] mea inhiant, id. Mil. 3, 1, 118:

quidquid est, mussitabo potius quam inteream,

keep it to myself, id. ib. 2, 3, 40:

ergo si sapis, mussitabis,

id. ib. 2, 5, 67.— Poet., of bees, to murmur, hum, Verg. G. 4, 188.—

Transf., to be afraid to say or do any thing, to be in fear or uncertainty:

mussat rex ipse Latinus, Quos generos vocet,

i. e. deliberates in silence, Verg. A. 12, 657:

dicere mussant,

id. ib. 11, 345:

medici,

Plin. Ep. 7, 1:

juvencae,

are silent, expect in silence, Verg. A. 12, 718.

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mūnĕro ( moen-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., and mūnĕror, ātus (v. Gell. 18, 12, 20), 1, v. dep. [munus], to give, bestow, present a thing; to present, honor, reward with a thing (rare but class.; syn.: dono, largior, impertion.

Form munero, with dat.: cujus exuvias et coronam huic muneravit virgini, Att. ap. Non. 499, 11: Kalendis suam matrem. Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 97:

Horolen,

Flor. 3, 5, 28 (Trag. Rel. v. 446 Rib.):

beneficium alicui,

to render, Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 15; Turp. ap. Non. 477, 19.—With abl.:

ea, quibus rex te munerare constituerat,

Cic. Deiot. 6, 17: inani me, inquis, lance muneras. Sen. Ep. 119, 5; Dig. 48, 20, 6 fin.:

a Trojano locupletissime muneratus,

Spart. Hadr. 3, 4:

mulier munerata,

Amm. 14, 7, [p. 1176] 4:

legatus muneratus,

id. 17, 8, 3.—In gerundive:

non meretriculis moenerandis rem coëgit,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 55 Speng.— Absol.:

at certatim nutricant et munerant,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 121:

regni eum societate muneravit,

Macr. S. 1, 7, 21:

dignus quem maximis officiis muneres,

Symm. Ep. 1, 104. —

Form muneror:

natura aliud alii muneratur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

assectatur, assidet, muneratur,

id. Par. 5, 2, 39; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 59 (dub.;

Fleck. demunerarier): Alexis me opipare muneratus est,

Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3:

aliquem aliquā re,

Hor. Epod. 2, 20; App. Herm. Trim. 11. ‡ * mungo, ere [obsolete, the orig. form whence emungo, mucus, mucere, mucor, mucedo; cf. Sanscr. muk, to let go, throw off; Gr. apomussô, to wipe away; muktêr, nose; muxa, snivel], to blow the nose: mungo, mussô, Gloss. Philox.

mūnĕro ( moen-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., and mūnĕror, ātus (v. Gell. 18, 12, 20), 1, v. dep. [munus], to give, bestow, present a thing; to present, honor, reward with a thing (rare but class.; syn.: dono, largior, impertion.

Form munero, with dat.: cujus exuvias et coronam huic muneravit virgini, Att. ap. Non. 499, 11: Kalendis suam matrem. Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 97:

Horolen,

Flor. 3, 5, 28 (Trag. Rel. v. 446 Rib.):

beneficium alicui,

to render, Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 15; Turp. ap. Non. 477, 19.—With abl.:

ea, quibus rex te munerare constituerat,

Cic. Deiot. 6, 17: inani me, inquis, lance muneras. Sen. Ep. 119, 5; Dig. 48, 20, 6 fin.:

a Trojano locupletissime muneratus,

Spart. Hadr. 3, 4:

mulier munerata,

Amm. 14, 7, [p. 1176] 4:

legatus muneratus,

id. 17, 8, 3.—In gerundive:

non meretriculis moenerandis rem coëgit,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 55 Speng.— Absol.:

at certatim nutricant et munerant,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 121:

regni eum societate muneravit,

Macr. S. 1, 7, 21:

dignus quem maximis officiis muneres,

Symm. Ep. 1, 104. —

Form muneror:

natura aliud alii muneratur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

assectatur, assidet, muneratur,

id. Par. 5, 2, 39; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 59 (dub.;

Fleck. demunerarier): Alexis me opipare muneratus est,

Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3:

aliquem aliquā re,

Hor. Epod. 2, 20; App. Herm. Trim. 11. ‡ * mungo, ere [obsolete, the orig. form whence emungo, mucus, mucere, mucor, mucedo; cf. Sanscr. muk, to let go, throw off; Gr. apomussô, to wipe away; muktêr, nose; muxa, snivel], to blow the nose: mungo, mussô, Gloss. Philox.

mūnĕro ( moen-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., and mūnĕror, ātus (v. Gell. 18, 12, 20), 1, v. dep. [munus], to give, bestow, present a thing; to present, honor, reward with a thing (rare but class.; syn.: dono, largior, impertion.

Form munero, with dat.: cujus exuvias et coronam huic muneravit virgini, Att. ap. Non. 499, 11: Kalendis suam matrem. Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 97:

Horolen,

Flor. 3, 5, 28 (Trag. Rel. v. 446 Rib.):

beneficium alicui,

to render, Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 15; Turp. ap. Non. 477, 19.—With abl.:

ea, quibus rex te munerare constituerat,

Cic. Deiot. 6, 17: inani me, inquis, lance muneras. Sen. Ep. 119, 5; Dig. 48, 20, 6 fin.:

a Trojano locupletissime muneratus,

Spart. Hadr. 3, 4:

mulier munerata,

Amm. 14, 7, [p. 1176] 4:

legatus muneratus,

id. 17, 8, 3.—In gerundive:

non meretriculis moenerandis rem coëgit,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 55 Speng.— Absol.:

at certatim nutricant et munerant,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 121:

regni eum societate muneravit,

Macr. S. 1, 7, 21:

dignus quem maximis officiis muneres,

Symm. Ep. 1, 104. —

Form muneror:

natura aliud alii muneratur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

assectatur, assidet, muneratur,

id. Par. 5, 2, 39; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 59 (dub.;

Fleck. demunerarier): Alexis me opipare muneratus est,

Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3:

aliquem aliquā re,

Hor. Epod. 2, 20; App. Herm. Trim. 11. ‡ * mungo, ere [obsolete, the orig. form whence emungo, mucus, mucere, mucor, mucedo; cf. Sanscr. muk, to let go, throw off; Gr. apomussô, to wipe away; muktêr, nose; muxa, snivel], to blow the nose: mungo, mussô, Gloss. Philox.

mūnĕro ( moen-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., and mūnĕror, ātus (v. Gell. 18, 12, 20), 1, v. dep. [munus], to give, bestow, present a thing; to present, honor, reward with a thing (rare but class.; syn.: dono, largior, impertion.

Form munero, with dat.: cujus exuvias et coronam huic muneravit virgini, Att. ap. Non. 499, 11: Kalendis suam matrem. Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 97:

Horolen,

Flor. 3, 5, 28 (Trag. Rel. v. 446 Rib.):

beneficium alicui,

to render, Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 15; Turp. ap. Non. 477, 19.—With abl.:

ea, quibus rex te munerare constituerat,

Cic. Deiot. 6, 17: inani me, inquis, lance muneras. Sen. Ep. 119, 5; Dig. 48, 20, 6 fin.:

a Trojano locupletissime muneratus,

Spart. Hadr. 3, 4:

mulier munerata,

Amm. 14, 7, [p. 1176] 4:

legatus muneratus,

id. 17, 8, 3.—In gerundive:

non meretriculis moenerandis rem coëgit,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 55 Speng.— Absol.:

at certatim nutricant et munerant,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 121:

regni eum societate muneravit,

Macr. S. 1, 7, 21:

dignus quem maximis officiis muneres,

Symm. Ep. 1, 104. —

Form muneror:

natura aliud alii muneratur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

assectatur, assidet, muneratur,

id. Par. 5, 2, 39; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 59 (dub.;

Fleck. demunerarier): Alexis me opipare muneratus est,

Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3:

aliquem aliquā re,

Hor. Epod. 2, 20; App. Herm. Trim. 11. ‡ * mungo, ere [obsolete, the orig. form whence emungo, mucus, mucere, mucor, mucedo; cf. Sanscr. muk, to let go, throw off; Gr. apomussô, to wipe away; muktêr, nose; muxa, snivel], to blow the nose: mungo, mussô, Gloss. Philox.

murmŭro, āvi, ātum, 1, and (ante- and post-class.) murmŭror, ātus, 1, v. dep. [id.], to murmur, mutter; to rustle, rumble, roar, etc. (cf.: susurro, musso, fremo, strepo).

Form murmuro:

secum murmurat,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 13; Varr. L. L. 6, § 67 Müll.—Of discontented persons, to mutter, grumble:

servi murmurant,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 149:

et murmuravit omnis congregatio,

Vulg. Exod. 16, 2 al. —Of the nightingale:

secum ipse murmurat,

Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82:

magia carminibus murmurata,

muttered, App. Mag. p. 304, 28.—Of inanimate things, to murmur, roar, rumble:

murmurantia litora,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 67 Müll.:

murmurans mare,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 116:

unda,

Verg. A. 10, 212:

ignis,

crackles, Plin. 18, 35, 84, § 357:

intestina,

to rumble, Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 6.—

Form murmuror: murmurari coepimus, Varr. ap. Non. 478: populus murmurari coepit, Quadrig. ib. 7; Varr. ib. 11.—

Act., transf., to mutter or grumble at a thing:

quidam tarditatem poëtae murmurari,

App. Flor. p. 353 fin.

murmŭro, āvi, ātum, 1, and (ante- and post-class.) murmŭror, ātus, 1, v. dep. [id.], to murmur, mutter; to rustle, rumble, roar, etc. (cf.: susurro, musso, fremo, strepo).

Form murmuro:

secum murmurat,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 13; Varr. L. L. 6, § 67 Müll.—Of discontented persons, to mutter, grumble:

servi murmurant,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 149:

et murmuravit omnis congregatio,

Vulg. Exod. 16, 2 al. —Of the nightingale:

secum ipse murmurat,

Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82:

magia carminibus murmurata,

muttered, App. Mag. p. 304, 28.—Of inanimate things, to murmur, roar, rumble:

murmurantia litora,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 67 Müll.:

murmurans mare,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 116:

unda,

Verg. A. 10, 212:

ignis,

crackles, Plin. 18, 35, 84, § 357:

intestina,

to rumble, Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 6.—

Form murmuror: murmurari coepimus, Varr. ap. Non. 478: populus murmurari coepit, Quadrig. ib. 7; Varr. ib. 11.—

Act., transf., to mutter or grumble at a thing:

quidam tarditatem poëtae murmurari,

App. Flor. p. 353 fin.

mussĭto, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [musso].

Neutr., to be silent, keep quiet, not let one's self be heard; to speak in an undertone, to mutter, grumble (not in Cic. or Cæs.):

si sapis, mussitabis,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 65:

sub lectis latentes metu mussitant,

id. Cas. 3, 5, 33:

ita clam quidam mussitantes,

Liv. 1, 50:

cum David vidisset servos suos mussitantes,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 12, 19:

contra nos,

id. Exod. 16, 7.—

Act., to say in a low tone, to mutter, murmur any thing: to be silent respecting, to take no notice of a thing:

ego (haec) mecum mussito,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 119; id. Truc. 2, 2, 57; 2, 6, 10.— With rel.-clause:

malo ambigere bonos, quam ob rem id non meruerim, quam, quod est gravius, cur impetraverim, mussitare,

Amm. 14, 6, 8:

accipienda et mussitanda injuria adulescentium est,

is to be borne in silence, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 53:

timorem,

App. Mag. p. 320.

mūtĭo or muttĭo, īvi, 4, v. n. [from the sound mu], to mutter, mumble, speak in a low tone ( poet.; syn.: murmuro, musso).

Lit.: etiam muttis? So. Jam tacebo, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 225; id. Mil. 2, 6, 83:

inpinge pugnum, si muttiverit,

id. Bacch. 4, 7, 2; id. Most. 2, 1, 54:

nihil jam mutire audeo,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 25:

neque opus est Adeo mutito,

nor should it even be muttered, be hinted at, id. Hec. 5, 4, 26:

si muttivero, etiam quod certo scio,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 84.—

Transf.

To bleat, as a he-goat, Auct. Carm. Philom. 58; to bark:

non mutiet canis,

Vulg. Exod. 11, 7.—

To creak, of a hinge:

num muttit cardo?

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 94.—

Mutire, loqui. Ennius in Telepho: palam mutire plebeio piaculum est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 145 Müll. (Trag. v. 376 Vahl.).