hum (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. frĕmĭtus, ūs2. sŭsurrus (poet.)3. bombus4. murmur, ŭris, n. • hum (subs.): 1. frĕmĭtus, ūs: the h. of bees, f. apum, Virg. G. 4, 216 (but the word appears to denote an angry h.): cf. Virg. Aen. 5, 148, where it is used of the confused h. of voices: v. murmur. 2. sŭsurrus (poet.): gentle h. (of bees), levis s., Virg. E. 1, 56. 3. bombus: v. preced. art. (I. fin.). 4. murmur, ŭris, n.: Plin.: cf. preced. art. (I., 8). Esp. of confused, indistinct sounds: v. murmur. (Stridor denotes a shrill sound, as that of the cicale, cf. Plin. 11, 51, 112.)