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|Definition=[[muzzle]], οὐ φιμώσεις βοῦν ἀλοῶντα <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">De.</span>25.4</span>; [[shut up as with a muzzle]], <b class="b3">φ. τῷ ξύλῳ τὸν αὐχένα</b> [[to make fast]] his neck in the pillory, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>592</span> (troch.); [[close]], [[seal up]], <b class="b3">στόμα [ἄγγους</b>] Asclep. ap.Gal.12.984: metaph., [[muzzle]], [[put to silence]], τινα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>22.34</span>:— Pass., [[φιμοῦμαι]] = to [[be put to silence]], [[be silent]], [[φιμώθητι]], [[πεφίμωσο]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Marc.</span>1.25</span>, <span class="bibl">4.39</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Peregr.</span>15</span>, <span class="title">Mim.Oxy.</span>413.122; τινι [[by]] or [[because]] of a thing, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>1.22.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.1.5</span>; <b class="b3">φιμοῦσθαι πρός τι</b> to [[be mute]] in a matter, ib.<span class="title">Prooem.</span>5, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>8.275</span>.