subsannatio

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ξένῳ δὲ σιγᾶν κρεῖττον ἢ κεκραγέναι → it's better for a stranger to keep silence than to shout (Menander)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sub-sannātĭo: ōnis, f. subsanno,
I mockery by gestures, derision in pantomime, Vulg. Psa. 34, 16; 43, 14.