argutor
πάλιν δ' ὅ γε λάζετο μῦθον → he took back his speech, he retracted his speech, he altered his speech
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
argūtor: ātus, 1, v. dep. (archaic
I inf. argutarier, Titin.;
v. infra) argutus (except in Prop. only ante-class.), to make a noise.
I With the voice, to prattle, prate: argutari dicitur loquacium proloqui, Non. p. 245, 26: exerce linguam ut argutarier possis, Enn. ap. Non. l. c. (Trag. v. 345 Vahl.): totum diem argutatur quasi cicada, Novat. ib. (Com. Rel. p. 218 Rib.): superare aliquem argutando, Plaut. Fragm. ib. p. 67, 1; so Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 193: agite, fures, mendaciā argutari, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 239, 15.—In the act. form: illa mihi totis argutat noctibus ignes, Prop. 1, 6, 7.—
II With the feet; of the fuller, to stamp: Terra istaec est, non aqua, ubi tu solitu's argutarier Pedibus, cretam dum compescis, vestimenta qui laves, *Titin. ap. Non. p. 245, 32 (Com. Rel. p. 137 Rib.).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
argūtor,¹⁶ ārī, tr., c. arguto : Enn. Scen. 304 ; Pl. Amph. 349 ; Non. 245
