Mutus, Adiect. Ter. That cannot speake: dumbe.Muti vel eloquentis otigo.Cic.Quid ille? T. mutus illico. Ter. He was dumb e by and by: he had not a worde to say.Mutus accusator.Cic. Accusatio muta. Cice. Aenum mutum. Sil. An age in which one talketh not or vttereth no eloquence.Agna muta. Hor. Armenta muta. Stat.Mutæ arres.Virg.Artes of no fame: still artes not vttered with singing or eloquent talking.Muræ artes, picturæ dicuntur.Cic.Aspectus mutus. Quint. A sight of a thing without wordes.Mutæ bestiæ, & nihil intelligentes.Cic.Dumbe beastes.Dialectica in excogitandis argumentis muta nimium est, in iudicandis nimium loquax.Cic.Eloquentia muta.Cic.Forum mutum. Cice. A stil iudgement place where no matters are pleaded.Omnis pro nobis gratia muta fuit.Ouid.No friend hath intreated or spoken a worde for me.Historia muta.Cic. Imago. Cic.Leges muræ tacent.Ouid.Magistratus mutus, lex: cui opponitur Magistratus, lex loquens. Ci. The law is a ruler or officer without words.Ossnurum.Ouid. Pecudes mutæ. Cic.Querelas mutas abrumpit. Claud. He leaueth his still sorow and butsteth our in lamentable voices.Res inanimatæ atque mutæ.Cic.Scientia muta Quint.A knowledge not vttered in wordes.Spelunca muta.Stat.That maketh no noise.Silentia muta noctis.Ouid.Suspiria muta.Stat.Sighes without wordes.Mutum literis tempus.Cicer.A still time in which no letters be written too and fro.
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Mūta, ae, f., a goddess, called also Lara and Larunda, whom Jupiter, on account of her talkativeness, struck dumb, Ov. F. 2, 583; Lact. 1, 20; id. 1, 35.
mūtus, a, um, adj. [root mu-, to shut; Sanscr. mūkas, dumb; Gr. mu/tis, mua/w; cf. Lat. mussare], dumb, mute (class.; cf.: infans, elinguis). I.Lit., that does not speak, silent.—Of creatures who do not possess the faculty of speech, and can utter only inarticulate sounds: pecudes, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, 24: bestiae, id. Fin. 1, 21, 71: agna, Hor. S. 2, 3, 219: armenta, Stat. Th. 5, 334: animalia, Juv. 8, 56: satius est mutum esse quam quod nemo intellegat dicere, Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 22: subjugale, animal, Vulg. 2 Pet. 2, 16: vere dici potest, magistratum legem esse loquentem, legem autem mutum magistratum, Cic. Leg. 3, 1, 2: papae! Jugularas hominem: quid ille? Thr. Mutus illico, he was struck speechless, was silent, could not say a word more, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 27: ad mandata mancus est, caecus, mutus, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 45: mutum dices, you shall call me dumb, i. e. I will not say a word, id. Heaut. 4, 4, 26: omnis pro nobis gratia muta fuit,
has not spoken a word
, Ov. P. 2, 7, 52: mutus aspectus miserorum lacrimas movet, Quint. 6, 1, 26: numquam vox est de te mea muta, i. e.
I have never ceased to praise thee
, Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 17: dolore lyra est, id. H. 15, 198: spiritus,
which makes one mute
, Vulg. Marc. 9, 16; 9, 24.—Of that which utters no sound, dumb, mute, silent: tintinnabulum, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 163: imago, Cic. Cat. 3, 5: mare,
the silent sea
, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 69: consonantes,
which cannot be pronounced alone, mutes
, Quint. 1, 4, 6: artes, the plastic arts, arts of design, opp. to eloquence, Cic. de Or. 3, 7; also, artes, the silent arts, i. e. which do not concern themselves with language, as medicine, Verg. A. 12, 397: scientia, i. e.
which does not impart the power of speaking
, Quint. 5, 10, 119: instrumentum fundi, i. e.
wagons, carts
, Varr. R. R. 1, 17: magistri, i. e.
books
, Gell. 14, 2, 1: lapides,
that say nothing, have no inscriptions on them
, Hyg. de Lim. p. 156 Goes.: muta exta dicuntur, quibus nihil divinationis aut deorum responsi inesse animadvertunt, contra adjutoria, quae certum aliquid eventurum indicant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 157 Müll.: simulacra muta,
dumb idols
, Vulg. 1 Cor. 12, 2.— II.Transf., of places where no sound is heard, silent, still: mutum forum, elinguem curiam, tacitam et fractam civitatem videbatis, Cic. post Red. 1, 3: solitudo, id. Mil. 19: spelunca, Stat. Ach. 1, 239.—Of times: nullum fuit tempus, quod magis debuerit mutum esse a litteris,
in which nothing should have been written
, Cic. Att. 8, 14, 1: silentia noctis,
the deep silence of night
, Ov. M. 7, 184.—Of things of which nothing is said: mutum aevum,
not celebrated, unsung
, Sil. 3, 579.—As subst. A. mūtus, i, m., a dumb person, a mute (ante- and postclass): Char. Quin taces? Eut. Muto imperas, Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 26: sicut mutus, Vulg. Psa. 38, 13: aperta erit lingua mutorum, id. Isa. 35, 6; Lact. 4, 15, 8: mutum neque stipulari neque promittere posse palam est, Gai. Inst. 3, 105.—B. mūtum, i, n. (sc. animal), a dumb creature, brute: separat hoc nos A grege mutorum, Juv. 15, 143.