Meaning of mutus | Babel Free

Definitions

1. mute, dumb, silent, unable to speak, inarticulate
   adjective, declension-1, declension-2
2. Used as a specific epithet.
   New-Latin, adjective, declension-1, declension-2

Equivalents

Examples

“Ōra formīdō mūta claudit.”

The fear closes the mouths mute.

“DĀVUS: Utinam aut hic surdus aut haec mūta facta sit!”

DAVUS: If only this [man] were deaf or this [woman] were mute! (The meaning in its comical context: if only he hadn’t listened or she hadn’t said anything.)

“Magnō malō ūllā vōce interpellātum silentium luitur. Nocte tōtā ieiūnī mūtīque perstant.”

(The slaves who must stand near the master during a long meal:) [Any slave] breaking the silence with the slightest sound is made to suffer with a harsh punishment. All night long, hungry and mute, they remain standing.

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