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musso
musso
See also: mussò
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *mur- (“to mutter”), which is of imitative, onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmus.soː/
Verb
mussō (present infinitive mussāre, perfect active mussāvī, supine mussātum); first conjugation
- I say in a soft voice, murmur
- I am silent and respectful.
- I refrain from speaking because of fear or uncertainty.
Inflection
Derived terms
- mussātiō
- mussitō
Related terms
- mussitābundus
- mussitātiō
- mussitātor
Descendants
- Portuguese: resmungar
- Spanish: amusgar, remusgar
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “musso”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.