mouth (v.) Copy link • mouth (v.): perh. ampullor, 1: cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 14, an tragica desaevit et ampullatur in arte, does he fume and mouth in tragic style? Phr.: words should neither be m.'d out nor pronounced with affected nicety, *verba neque tumido ore (inflatis buccis) quasi in scenis pronuntianda neque putidius sunt exprimenda (cf. Hor. A. P. 94: Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 41).