Elinguis, & hoc elingue. Without a tongue.Elinguem reddidit.Cic.He made tonguelesse or dumme.Elinguis curia.Plin. iun.A Senate that dareth not speake.Elinguare. Verbum. Plautus. To plucke out, or cutte off ones tongue.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
ē-linguis, e, adj. [lingua]. I.Lit., deprived of a tongue, Aus. Ep. 23, 14; Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 6, 15.—II.Transf.A. In gen., speechless, Cic. Fl. 10, 22; Liv. 10, 19 (with mutus); id. post Red. 3, 7 (with mutus and tacitus); Gell. 5, 1, 9.—B. Pregn., without eloquence, Cic. Brut. 26, 100; Cels. praef. med.; Tac. Or. 36 fin. (opp. disertus).