mussitatio
From LSJ
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mussĭtātĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I a suppression of the voice, silence (post-class.), App. M. 8 init.; Hier. in Isa. praef. 9; Tert. Pudic. 7; Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 3, 35.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mussĭtātĭō, ōnis, f. (mussito), grognement [du chien] : Apul. M. 8, 4 ; C. Aur. Acut. 1, 3, 35
