"mutus" meaning in Latin

See mutus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈmuː.tʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈmuː.tus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From an imitative Proto-Indo-European root *mewH- related to Sanskrit मूक (mūka, “mute”). Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|la|title=imitative}} imitative, {{der|la|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European, {{cog|sa|मूक|t=mute}} Sanskrit मूक (mūka, “mute”) Head templates: {{la-adj|mūtus}} mūtus (feminine mūta, neuter mūtum); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|mūtus}} Forms: mūtus [canonical], mūta [feminine], mūtum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], mūtus [masculine, nominative, singular], mūta [feminine, nominative, singular], mūtum [neuter, nominative, singular], mūtī [masculine, nominative, plural], mūtae [feminine, nominative, plural], mūta [neuter, nominative, plural], mūtī [genitive, masculine, singular], mūtae [feminine, genitive, singular], mūtī [genitive, neuter, singular], mūtōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], mūtārum [feminine, genitive, plural], mūtōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], mūtō [dative, masculine, singular], mūtae [dative, feminine, singular], mūtō [dative, neuter, singular], mūtīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], mūtum [accusative, masculine, singular], mūtam [accusative, feminine, singular], mūtum [accusative, neuter, singular], mūtōs [accusative, masculine, plural], mūtās [accusative, feminine, plural], mūta [accusative, neuter, plural], mūtō [ablative, masculine, singular], mūtā [ablative, feminine, singular], mūtō [ablative, neuter, singular], mūtīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], mūte [masculine, singular, vocative], mūta [feminine, singular, vocative], mūtum [neuter, singular, vocative], mūtī [masculine, plural, vocative], mūtae [feminine, plural, vocative], mūta [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. mute, dumb, silent, unable to speak, inarticulate Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-mutus-la-adj-XPPic8ML
  2. (New Latin) Used as a specific epithet. Tags: New-Latin, adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-mutus-la-adj-mdPFX62b Categories (other): New Latin, Specific epithets, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin onomatopoeias Disambiguation of Specific epithets: 23 14 2 61 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Latin onomatopoeias: 17 83
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      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "mut"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "mudu"
    },
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "mut"
    },
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      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "mute"
    },
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      "lang_code": "eo",
      "word": "muta"
    },
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      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "muet"
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      "word": "mut"
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      "lang": "Galician",
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      "word": "mudo"
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "f"
      ],
      "word": "Muta"
    },
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "muto"
    },
    {
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      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "mut"
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      "word": "mut"
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      "word": "mudo"
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      "word": "mut"
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      "word": "mutu"
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      "word": "mudu"
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      "word": "mutu"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "mūtōrum",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "mūtō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "mūtae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "mūtam",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
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      "form": "mūtum",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "mūtōs",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "mūtās",
      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mūtā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "mūtō",
      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
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      "form": "mūtīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mūte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mūta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
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      "form": "mūtum",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "mūtī",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "mūtae",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "mūta",
      "source": "declension",
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
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          ],
          "english": "The fear closes the mouths mute.",
          "text": "Ōra formīdō mūta claudit.",
          "translation": "The fear closes the mouths mute.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "DAVUS: If only this [man] were deaf or this [woman] were mute!\n(The meaning in its comical context: if only he hadn’t listened or she hadn’t said anything.)",
          "ref": "166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 463",
          "text": "DĀVUS: Utinam aut hic surdus aut haec mūta facta sit!",
          "translation": "DAVUS: If only this [man] were deaf or this [woman] were mute!\n(The meaning in its comical context: if only he hadn’t listened or she hadn’t said anything.)",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "(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.",
          "ref": "c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca Minor, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 47.3",
          "text": "Magnō malō ūllā vōce interpellātum silentium luitur. Nocte tōtā ieiūnī mūtīque perstant.",
          "translation": "(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.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        [
          "dumb",
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        [
          "silent",
          "silent"
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        [
          "unable",
          "unable"
        ],
        [
          "speak",
          "speak"
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        [
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          "inarticulate"
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        "(New Latin) Used as a specific epithet."
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "[ˈmuː.tus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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  "word": "mutus"
}
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "mūtārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mūtōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mūtō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mūtae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mūtō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mūtīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mūtum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mūtam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mūtum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mūtōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mūtās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mūta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mūtō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mūtā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mūtō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mūtīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mūte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mūta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mūtum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mūtī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mūtae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mūta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mūtus"
      },
      "expansion": "mūtus (feminine mūta, neuter mūtum); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mūtus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              27,
              31
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The fear closes the mouths mute.",
          "text": "Ōra formīdō mūta claudit.",
          "translation": "The fear closes the mouths mute.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "DAVUS: If only this [man] were deaf or this [woman] were mute!\n(The meaning in its comical context: if only he hadn’t listened or she hadn’t said anything.)",
          "ref": "166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 463",
          "text": "DĀVUS: Utinam aut hic surdus aut haec mūta facta sit!",
          "translation": "DAVUS: If only this [man] were deaf or this [woman] were mute!\n(The meaning in its comical context: if only he hadn’t listened or she hadn’t said anything.)",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "(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.",
          "ref": "c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca Minor, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 47.3",
          "text": "Magnō malō ūllā vōce interpellātum silentium luitur. Nocte tōtā ieiūnī mūtīque perstant.",
          "translation": "(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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mute, dumb, silent, unable to speak, inarticulate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mute",
          "mute"
        ],
        [
          "dumb",
          "dumb"
        ],
        [
          "silent",
          "silent"
        ],
        [
          "unable",
          "unable"
        ],
        [
          "speak",
          "speak"
        ],
        [
          "inarticulate",
          "inarticulate"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "New Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used as a specific epithet."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "specific epithet",
          "specific epithet#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(New Latin) Used as a specific epithet."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin",
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmuː.tʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmuː.tus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mutus"
}

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