musso
Italian
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *mur- (“to mutter”), which is of imitative, onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmus.soː/, [ˈmʊs̠ːoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmus.so/, [ˈmusːo]
Verb
mussō (present infinitive mussāre, perfect active mussāvī, supine mussātum); first conjugation
- to say in a soft voice, murmur
- to be silent and respectful
- to refrain from speaking because of fear or uncertainty
Conjugation
Derived terms
- mussātiō
- mussitō
Related terms
- mussitābundus
- mussitātiō
- mussitātor
References
- “musso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “musso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- musso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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