obmutesco
οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδείς, οὐδ' ὁ Μυσῶν ἔσχατος → there is nobody, not even the last of the Mysians | there is nobody, not even the meanest of mankind
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ob-mūtesco: tŭi, 3,
I v. inch. n., to become dumb, to lose one's speech (syn.: taceo, sileo).
I Lit.: qui ebrius obmutuit, Cels. 2, 6: cum obmutuerint, Plin. 27, 12, 104, § 127: umbrae ejus (hyaenae) contactu canes obmutescere, lose their voice, their bark, id. 8, 30, 44, § 106; 20, 5, 20, § 40.—
B Transf., in gen., to be speechless, mute, silent: ipse obmutescam, Cic. de Or. 2, 7, 27: de me ... nulla umquam obmutescat vetustas, id. Mil. 35, 98: Aeneas aspectu obmutuit amens, Verg. A. 4, 279: dixit pressoque obmutuit ore, id. ib. 6, 155: obmutuit illa dolore, Ov. M. 13, 538.—
II Trop., to become silent, to cease: studium nostrum conticuit subito et obmutuit, Cic. Brut. 94, 324: animi dolor, id. Tusc. 2, 21, 50: Lydium sil nunc obmutuit, is no longer asked for, Plin. 33, 12, 56, § 160: dixit mari, obmutesce, Vulg. Marc. 4, 39.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
obmūtēscō,¹² tŭī, ĕre, intr., devenir muet, perdre la voix ou la parole : Cic. Domo 135 ; Div. 2, 69 ; [animaux] Plin. 8, 106
