HUSH Copy link • HUSHv. To reduce to silence, alicujus linguam retundere (to silence one who has been complaining loudly; ☞ Liv., 33, 31, extr.): comprimere (general term, to suppress, restrain, etc., aliquem, Plaut., Rud., 4, 4, 81, etc.; the voice of conscience, conscientiam, Cic., Fin., 2, 17, in.): also comprimere linguam alicui (Plaut.). To hush up anything, exstinguere rumorem de aliqua re: de aliqua re silere. Anything is hushed up, de aliqua re siletur (e.g., de jurgio, Plaut.). To appease, allay, Vid.