I.to murmur, mutter; to rustle, rumble, roar, etc. (cf.: susurro, musso, fremo, strepo).
I. Neutr.
A. Form murmuro: “secum murmurat,” Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 13; Varr. L. L. 6, § 67 Müll.—Of discontented persons, to mutter, grumble: “servi murmurant,” Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 149: “et murmuravit omnis congregatio,” Vulg. Exod. 16, 2 al.—Of the nightingale: “secum ipse murmurat,” Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82: “magia carminibus murmurata,” muttered, App. Mag. p. 304, 28.—Of inanimate things, to murmur, roar, rumble: “murmurantia litora,” Varr. L. L. 6, § 67 Müll.: “murmurans mare,” Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 116: “unda,” Verg. A. 10, 212: “ignis,” crackles, Plin. 18, 35, 84, § 357: “intestina,” to rumble, Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 6.—
B. Form murmuror: murmurari coepimus, Varr. ap. Non. 478: populus murmurari coepit, Quadrig. ib. 7; Varr. ib. 11.—
II. Act., transf., to mutter or grumble at a thing: “quidam tarditatem poëtae murmurari,” App. Flor. p. 353 fin.
