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musso

musso, to speak low, mutter, murmur, grumble

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

mussō, āvī, ātus, 1, intens. n. and a.: to speak low; mutter, complain, 11.454; whisper, hesitate, or fear to speak out, 11.345; waver, 12.657; to low faintly, 12.718. (mūtiō, mutter)

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mussantesque Verb: present active participle masculine nominative plural, Verb: present active participle feminine nominative plural, Verb: present active participle masculine accusative plural, Verb: present active participle masculine vocative plural, Verb: present active participle feminine accusative plural, Verb: present active participle feminine vocative plural of musso

See mussantesque in Morpho

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. μυάω, μυώψ; cf. μυστήριον; Lat. mutus], to say in a low tone, to mutter, murmur; to be silent respecting a thing (not in Cic. or Caes.; syn.: mutio, murmuro).
  • I 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 (131): egomet mecum mussito: Bona mea inhiant, id. Mil. 3, 1, 118 (713): quidquid est, mussitabo potius quam inteream, keep it to myself, id. ib. 2, 3, 40 (311): ergo si sapis, mussitabis, id. ib. 2, 5, 67 (477).—Poet., of bees, to murmur, hum, Verg. G. 4, 188.—
  • II 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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