elinguis
ἔστι γὰρ τὸ ἔλαττον κακὸν μᾶλλον αἱρετὸν τοῦ μείζονος → the lesser of two evils is more desirable than the greater
Latin > English
elinguis elinguis, elingue ADJ :: speechless or without eloquence
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ē-linguis: e, adj. lingua.
I Lit., deprived of a tongue, Aus. Ep. 23, 14; Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 6, 15.—
II Transf.
A In gen., speechless, Cic. Fl. 10, 22; Liv. 10, 19 (with mutus); id. post Red. 3, 7 (with mutus and tacitus); Gell. 5, 1, 9.—
B Pregn., without eloquence, Cic. Brut. 26, 100; Cels. praef. med.; Tac. Or. 36 fin. (opp. disertus).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ēlinguis,¹³ e (e, lingua), qui reste muet, qui ne se sert pas de sa langue : elinguem reddere Cic. Fl. 22, rendre muet, fermer la bouche à, réduire au silence || sans éloquence : Cic. Br. 100.
Latin > German (Georges)
ēlinguis, e (ex u. lingua), I) ohne Zunge, Auson. epist. 23, 14. p. 186 Schenkl. Cassiod. hist. eccl. 6, 15. – II) übtr., sprachlos, a) von dem, dem von Natur die Zunge gelähmt ist, Pacuv. tr. 176: verb. mutus et el., Gell. 5, 1, 9, el. ac mutus, Arnob. 5, 40. – b) von dem, der seine Zunge nicht gebrauchen kann od. darf, sprachunfähig, sprachlos, oft m. mutus verb., Cic. u.a. – c) von dem, der der Sprache nicht mächtig ist, ohne Zungenfertigkeit, unberedt, Cic. u.a.: verb., brutus aut elinguis, Pacuv. fr.: mutus atque elinguis, Ggstz. facundus, Liv., Ggstz. garrulus, Val. Max.: mutus et elinguis (Ggstz. disertus), Tac. dial.: is vero elinguis et mutus est, licet sit omnium disertissimus, Lact.
Latin > Chinese
Translations
speechless
Afrikaans: spraakloos, sprakeloos; Bulgarian: занемял, безмълвен; Catalan: bocabadat, emmudit; Chinese Mandarin: 無言, 无言, 無語, 无语, 沈默, 沉默; Danish: mundlam, målløs; Dutch: sprakeloos; Esperanto: senparola; Finnish: sanaton; French: sans voix; German: sprachlos, fassungslos, stumm; Gothic: 𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌱𐍃; Greek: άναυδος, άφωνος, ενεός; Ancient Greek: ἀβακής, ἄβως, ἀγέγωνος, ἄλαλος, ἄλογος, ἀναύδατος, ἀναυδής, ἀναύδητος, ἄναυδος, ἀνεπής, ἄνεως, ἄοπος, ἀπόπληκτος, ἀπόφθεγκτος, ἄστομος, ἀφθεγγής, ἄφθεγκτος, ἄφθογγος, ἀφώνητος, ἄφωνος, ἐμπεπληγμένος, ἐνεός, ἐννεός; Hungarian: szótlan, eláll(t) a szava, meg se tud mukkanni; Icelandic: orðlaus; Indonesian: kelu, kaku lidah; Italian: senza parole, ammutolito; Latin: elinguis; Norwegian Bokmål: målløs, mållaus; Nynorsk: mållaus; Polish: oniemiały, milczący; Portuguese: sem palavras, atónito, atônito, perplexo, estarrecido; Russian: онемелый, онемевший, безмолвный; Sanskrit: मूक; Spanish: sin palabras, sin habla, atónito, perplejo, mudo, corchado; Swedish: mållös; Telugu: నోరులేని; Thai: หมดคำพูด, พูดไม่ออก
