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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=mussito mussitare, mussitavi, mussitatus V :: mutter/whisper, talk in subdued tones; keep quiet/say nothing (about)
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>mussĭto</b>: 1,<br /><b>I</b> v. freq. n. and a. [[musso]].<br /><b>I</b> Neutr., to be [[silent]], [[keep]] [[quiet]], not [[let]] one's [[self]] be [[heard]]; to [[speak]] in an [[undertone]], to [[mutter]], [[grumble]] (not in Cic. or Cæs.): si sapis, mussitabis, Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 65: sub lectis latentes metu mussitant, id. Cas. 3, 5, 33: ita [[clam]] [[quidam]] mussitantes, Liv. 1, 50: cum [[David]] vidisset servos suos mussitantes, Vulg. 2 Reg. 12, 19: [[contra]] nos, id. Exod. 16, 7.—<br /><b>II</b> Act., to [[say]] in a [[low]] [[tone]], to [[mutter]], [[murmur]] [[any]] [[thing]]: to be [[silent]] [[respecting]], to [[take]] no [[notice]] of a [[thing]]: ego (haec) [[mecum]] [[mussito]], Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 119; id. Truc. 2, 2, 57; 2, 6, 10.— With rel.-[[clause]]: [[malo]] ambigere bonos, [[quam]] ob rem id non meruerim, [[quam]], [[quod]] est gravius, [[cur]] impetraverim, mussitare, Amm. 14, 6, 8: accipienda et mussitanda injuria adulescentium est, is to be borne in [[silence]], Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 53: timorem, App. Mag. p. 320.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>mussĭtō</b>,¹⁵ āvī, ātum, āre, fréq. de [[musso]],<br /><b>1</b> intr., garder pour soi, se taire, garder le silence : Pl. Mil. 477 ; Cas. 665<br /><b>2</b> tr., [[dire]] tout bas, marmonner, murmurer : Pl. Mil. 714 ; Truc. 312 ; Liv. 1, 50, 3 ; Amm. 14, 6, 8<br /><b>3</b> supporter en silence : Ter. Ad. 207.
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{{Georges
|georg=mussito, āre (Intens. v. [[musso]]), I) in den [[Bart]] [[brummen]], [[leise]] [[vor]] [[sich]] hinmurmeln, [[murmeln]], [[leise]] [[sprechen]], [[ego]] [[mecum]] [[mussito]], Plaut. mil. 714: [[clam]] m., Liv. 1, 50, 3. Claud. Mam. de stat. anim. 1, 1. – m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, [[malo]] ambigere bonos, [[quam]] ob rem id [[non]] meruerim, [[quam]], [[quod]] est gravius, [[cur]] impetraverim, mussitare ([[sich]] [[heimlich]] mokieren), Amm. 14, 6, 8. – II) etw. [[verbeißen]], 1) [[verschweigen]], [[sich]] [[nicht]] [[merken]] [[lassen]] (s. Lorenz Plaut. mil. 310), ea, Plaut.: iniuriam, Ter.: timorem, Apul. – 2) prägn., [[nicht]] [[mit]] der [[Sprache]] [[herauswollen]], [[hinter]] dem [[Berge]] [[halten]], [[sich]] [[bedenken]], [[nec]] cunctari [[aut]] mussitare potuit, [[quin]] [[consilium]] omne nudaret, Pacat. pan. 43, 5.
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