mugio
οὐ τῷ πλήθει ἀλλὰ τῷ ἀξιώματι → not in numbers but in quality
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mūgĭo: īvi and ĭi, ītum, 4, v. n. Sanscr. root, muǵ, sonare; Gr. μυκάομαι, μύζω,
I to low, bellow (syn. boo).
I Lit.: inde cum actae boves mugissent, Liv. 1, 7. —Prov.: hic bove percusso mugire Agamemnona credit, Juv. 14, 286.—Part. pres. subst.: mugientium Prospectat errantes greges, i. e. cattle, Hor. Epod. 2, 11.—
II Transf., of the sound of a trumpet, to bray: Tyrrhenusque tubae mugire per aethera clangor, Verg. A. 8, 526.—Of an earthquake, to rumble: sub pedibus mugire solum, id. ib. 6, 256.—Of a mast: si mugiat Africis Malus procellis. groans, Hor. C. 3, 29, 57.—Of thunder, to roar, crash, peal: mugire tonitrua, rutilare fulgura, Min. Fel. Octav. 5: quasi mugiente litterā M. Quint. 12, 10, 31: at tibi tergeminum mugiet ille sophos, will bellow or cry out to you, σοφῶς, well done! bravo! Mart. 3, 46, 8.—Also, to reject with a sound: cruentum mugiit, spat gore, Claud. Ruf. 1, 66.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mūgĭō,¹² īvī ou ĭī, ītum, īre,
1 intr., mugir, beugler : Liv. 1, 7, 7 ; Juv. 14, 286 || [fig.] mugir, retentir : Cic. Rep. 3, 42 ; Virg. En. 8, 256
2 tr., crier avec violence, hurler : Mart. 3, 46, 8 || rejeter avec bruit : Claud. Ruf. 1, 66.
