mūtus adj.
3 MV-,
dumb, mute, speechless, without speech
: pecudes: agna, H.: animalia, Iu.: satius est mutum esse quam
dicere, etc.—Plur. as subst: grex mutorum,
brutes
, Iu.—
Not speaking, silent, mute
: mutum dices, i. e.
I will not say a word
, T.: Omnis pro nobis gratia muta fuit,
has not spoken a word
, O.: vox,
silent
, O.: artes,
the arts of design
(opp. eloquence): artes,
silent arts
(not famous), V.—Of place or time,
silent, still
: forum: tempus magis mutum a litteris, i. e.
in which there was better reason for not writing
: silentia noctis,
deep
, O.