impedito

ἢ λέγε τι σιγῆς κρεῖττον ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε → either say something better than silence or keep silence (Menander)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

impĕdĭto: (inp-), āre, v. freq. a. id.,
I to hinder, impede: numero, Stat. Th. 2, 590.