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|lshtext=<b>murmur</b>: ŭris, n. (m.: [[murmur]] [[fit]] [[verus]], Varr. ap. Non. 214, 14) [Sanscr. marmara, [[susurrus]], [[murmur]], and the Greek [[μορμύρω]] and [[μυρμύρω]]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[murmur]], murmuring; a humming, [[roaring]], growling, [[grumbling]]; a [[rushing]], crashing, etc. ([[class]].; syn.: [[fremitus]], [[strepitus]], [[fragor]], [[stridor]], [[susurrus]]): [[murmur]] populi, Liv. 45, 1: serpitque per agmina [[murmur]]. Verg. A. 12, 239: [[quanto]] porrexit murmure panem, Juv. 5, 67.—Of [[prayer]], a [[low]], [[indistinct]] [[tone]]: quos ubi placavit precibus et murmure longo, Ov. M. 7, 251; Juv. 10, 290.—Of the humming of bees: strepit [[omnis]] murmure [[campus]], Verg. A. 6, 709.—Of the [[roar]] of a [[lion]], Mart. 8, 55, 1; of the [[tiger]]: tigridis Hyrcanae jejunum [[murmur]], Stat. Th. 12, 170.—Of [[inanimate]] things, a [[murmur]], [[roar]], [[rushing]], crashing, [[crash]], rumbling: nam et [[odor]] urbanitatis, et [[mollitudo]] humanitatis, et [[murmur]] maris, et [[dulcedo]] orationis sunt ducta a ceteris sensibus, Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 161: [[dare]], to [[roar]], Lucr. 6, 142: magno misceri murmure [[caelum]], Verg. A. 4, 160: ventosum, the [[rushing]] [[wind]], id. E. 9, 58.—Of [[thunder]]: exanimes [[primo]] murmure caeli, Juv. 13, 224.—Of a [[volcanic]] [[mountain]]: Aetnaei verticis, Suet. Calig. 51.—Of an [[earthquake]], a [[roaring]], rumbling: praecedit [[sonus]], [[alias]] murmuri [[similis]], [[alias]] mugitibus, aut clamori [[humano]], armorumve pulsantium fragori, Plin. 2, 80, 82, § 193.—Of [[wind]]-instruments: cornuum, the [[sound]], Hor. C. 2, 1, 17: inflati buxi, of the [[tibia]], Ov. M. 14, 537: aurium, a [[singing]] in the ears, Plin. 28, 7, 21, § 75 (Jahn, animalia).—Trop.: contemnere murmura famae, Prop. 2, 5, 29; of a [[muttering]], [[rebellious]] [[murmur]]: [[contra]] Dominum, Vulg. Exod. 16, 7; id. Act. 6, 1.