to mutter to one

rōdo, si, sum, 3, v. a. [cf. rado], to gnaw (class.).

Lit.: rutabulum, Novat. ap. Fest. p. 262 Müll. (Com. Rel. p. 226 Rib.):

clipeos, etc. (mures),

Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59: praetextam, Poët. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 19:

dente pollicem,

Hor. Epod. 5, 48:

vivos ungues,

id. S. 1, 10, 71:

vitem (caper),

Ov. F. 1, 357:

saxa capellae,

id. M. 13, 691:

reliquias (mures),

Phaedr. 1, 22, 6:

rosus tineis,

Stat. S. 4, 9, 10. —

Transf., to eat away, waste away, corrode, consume:

ripas (flumina),

Lucr. 5, 256:

ferrum (robigo),

Ov. P. 1, 1, 71:

tophum (calx),

Plin. 36, 22, 48, § 166. —

Trop., to backbite, slander, disparage, etc. (syn. vellico):

in conviviis rodunt,

Cic. Balb. 26, 57:

absentem amicum,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 81:

libertino patre natum,

id. ib. 1, 6, 46:

cuncta robiginosis dentibus,

Mart. 5, 28, 7; cf.:

dentem dente,

i. e. to speak ill of each other, id. 13, 2, 6: murmura secum et rabiosa silentia rodunt, i. e. to mutter to one ' s self, Pers. 3, 81.

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.

in-canto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.

To sing in, with dat.:

passer incantans saepiculae (i. e. in saepicula),

App. M. 8, p. 210, 26. —

In partic.

To say over, mutter, or chant a magic formula against some one: QVI MALVM CARMEN INCANTASSET, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17.—

Transf.

To consecrate with charms or spells:

incantata vincula,

lovelcnots, Hor. S. 1, 8, 49.—

To bewitch, enchant:

quaesisti, quod mihi emolumentum fuerit incantandi (sc. illam)?

App. Mag. p. 305:

incantata mulier,

id. ib.:

pileum vetitis artibus,

Amm. 14, 7, 7.

māter, tris, f. [root ma-; Sanscr. and Zend, to make, measure, like Gr. mêtêr, the maker, akin with Dor. matêr; Germ. Mutter; Engl. mother; cf.: materies, manus], a mother ( dat. sing. matre, Corp. Inscr. Lat. 177; dat. plur. matris, Inscr. Grut. 90:

matrabus,

Inscr. Orell. 2089).

Lit.:

si quidem istius regis (sc. Anci Martii) matrem habemus, ignoramus patrem,

Cic. Rep. 2, 18, 33:

cur non sit heres matri suae?

id. ib. 3, 10, 17:

de pietate in matrem,

id. Lael. 3, 11:

Sassia mater hujus Aviti,

id. Clu. 5, 12:

Hecate, quae matre Asteria est,

who has Asteria for her mother, id. N. D. 3, 18, 46:

musa, matre nati,

id. ib. 3, 18, 45: mater esse de aliquo, to be a mother, i. e. to be pregnant by any one, Ov. H. 9, 48:

facere aliquam matrem,

id. M. 9, 491: mater familias or familiae, the mistress of a house, matron (v. familia).—

Transf., a nurse:

mater sua... quae mammam dabat, neque adeo mater ipsa, quae illos pepererat,

Plaut. Men. prol. 19:

puero opust cibo, opus est autem matri quae puerum lavit,

id. Truc. 5 10:

lambere matrem,

Verg. A. 8, 632.—As a title of honor, mother, applied to priestesses: jubemus te salvere, mater. Sa. Salvete puellae, Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 5:

amice benigneque honorem, mater, nostrum habes,

id. ib. 1, 5, 30.—To goddesses:

Vesta mater,

Sen. Excerpt. Contr. 4, 2; Verg. G. 1, 498:

mater Matuta, v. h. v.: Flora mater,

Lucr. 5, 739;

the same: florum,

Ov. F. 5, 183: mater magna, or absol.: Mater, i. e. Cybele, the mother of all the gods:

matris magnae sacerdos,

Cic. Sest. 26; cf. absol.: matris quate cymbala circum, Verg. G. 4, 64; id. A. 9, 108:

secreta palatia Matris,

Juv. 9, 23:

matres... cives Romanae, ut jus liberorum consecutae videantur,

Paul. Sent. 4, 9, 1:

matris condicionem sequi,

Gai. Inst. 1, 81; cf. §§ 67, 86.—Also, in gen., a woman, a lady; usu. in plur., women, ladies:

pilentis matres in mollibus,

Verg. A. 8, 666:

matres atque viri,

id. ib. 6, 306; cf. Ov. F. 1, 619.—Of the earth, as the mother of all:

exercitum Dis Manibus matrique Terrae deberi,

Liv. 8, 6; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 56.—Of a country:

haec terra, quam matrem appellamus,

Liv. 5, 54, 2:

amorum,

i. e. Venus, Ov. H. 16, 201:

cupidinum,

i. e. Venus, Hor. C. 1, 19, 1.—Of animals:

porci cum matribus,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4:

excretos prohibent a matribus haedos,

Verg. G. 3, 398:

ova assunt ipsis cum matribus, i. e. cum gallinis,

Juv. 11, 70:

mater simia,

id. 10, 195:

pullus hirundinis ad quem volat mater,

id. 10, 232.—Of the trunks of trees, etc.:

plantas tenero abscindens de corpore matrum,

Verg. G. 2, 23; Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23.—Of a fountain, as the source of waters:

ex grandi palude oritur (fluvius), quam matrem ejus accolae appellant,

Mel. 2, 1, 7.—Of a chief or capital city:

mater Italiae Roma,

Flor. 3, 18, 5:

ut Graeci dicere solent, urbium mater, Cydona,

id. 3, 7, 4:

(Cilicia) matrem urbium habet Tarsum,

Sol. 38; cf. Metropolis.—

Trop.

The mother, i. e. maternal love:

simul matrem labare sensit,

Ov. M. 6, 629: mater redit, Sen. ap. Med. 928.—

Motherhood, maternity, Sen. Herc. Oet. 389.—

A producing cause, origin, source, etc. (freq. and class.):

apes mellis matres,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

mater omnium bonarum artium sapientia est,

Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 58:

philosophia mater omnium bene factorum,

id. Brut. 93, 322:

avaritiae mater, luxuries,

id. de Or. 2, 40, 171:

voluptas, malorum mater omnium,

id. Leg. 1, 17, 47; 1, 22, 58; id. Tusc. 1, 26, 64; id. Planc. 33, 80; Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34; Plin. 37, 6, 21, § 80; Quint. 9, 3, 89:

juris et religionis,

Cic. Rep. 5, 2, 3:

justitiae imbecillitas mater est,

id. ib. 3, 14, 23:

intemperantia omnium perturbationum mater,

id. Ac. 1, 10, 39:

similitudo est satietatis mater,

id. Inv. 1, 41, 76:

utilitas justi prope mater et aequi,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 98; Lact. 3, 8, 32; Aug. in Psa. 83, 1.—Comically:

eam (sc. hirneam) ego vini ut matre fuerat natum, eduxi meri,

i. e. as it came from the cask, without the addition of water, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 274.—

The protector, shelter, home:

urbs Roma, virtutum omnium mater, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 5, 3, 1: illa Jerusalem quae est mater nostra,

Vulg. Gal. 4, 26.