mutter (v.) Copy link Outline I. To utter words with compressed lips1. musso, 12. mūtio or muttio, 43. murmŭro, 1II. To emit a low, rumbling sound • mutter (v.): I. To utter words with compressed lips: 1. musso, 1: (sometimes) in a very loud tone; sometimes m.ing, summo clamore; interdum mussans, Pl. Merc. prol. 49: esp. where dissatisfaction is implied: m.ing (murmuring) they asked each other ..., mussantes inter se rogitabant ..., Liv. 7, 25, init. Also frequent. mussĭto, 1 (in same sense): thus I m. to myself, haec mecum mussito, Pl. Mil. 3, 1, 119: Liv. 2. mūtio or muttio, 4: what, still m.ing? etiam muttis? Pl. Am. 1, 1, 228: Ter. 3. murmŭro, 1: v. to murmur. Phr.: she just m.s, fearing to be heard, labra movet, metuens audiri, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 60 (cf. modico murmure optare, Juv. 10, 289). II. To emit a low, rumbling sound: perh. murmŭro, 1. v. to murmur, rumble.