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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Of onomatopoeic origin; "make a mu-noise," possibly dating back to a Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“lips, muzzle”). See also Proto-Germanic *mūlō, English mutter.
Pronunciation
Verb
muttiō (present infinitive muttīre, perfect active muttīvī); fourth conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to mutter or murmur
Conjugation
References
- “muttio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “muttio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- muttio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “751-52”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 751-52