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|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">muzzle</b>, οὐ φιμώσεις βοῦν ἀλοῶντα <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">De.</span>25.4</span>; <b class="b2">shut up as with a muzzle</b>, <b class="b3">φ. τῷ ξύλῳ τὸν αὐχένα</b> <b class="b2">to make fast</b> his neck in the pillory, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>592</span> (troch.); <b class="b2">close, seal up</b>, <b class="b3">στόμα [ἄγγους</b>] Asclep. ap.Gal.12.984: metaph., <b class="b2">muzzle, put to silence</b>, τινα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>22.34</span>:— Pass., <b class="b2">to be put to silence, be silent</b>, <b class="b3">φιμώθητι, πεφίμωσο</b>, <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 <b class="b2">by</b> or <b class="b2">because of</b> 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> <b class="b2">to be mute</b> in a matter, ib.<span class="title">Prooem.</span>5, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>8.275</span>.</span>

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