obortus

ἢ λέγε τι σιγῆς κρεῖττον ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε → either say something better than silence or keep silence (Menander)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ŏb-ortus: a false read. for odores, Lucr. 4, 218; v. Lachm. ad h. l.
ŏb-ortus: a, um, Part., from oborior.