speechless Copy link Outline 1. ēlinguis, e (rare)2. mūtus (strictly of one really dumb)3. perh. infans4. stŭpĭdus (paralysed by emotion • speechless: i. e. incapacitated (for the time) from speaking: 1. ēlinguis, e (rare): Join: convincere [aliquem] et elinguem reddere, Cic. Fl. 10, 22: Liv. 2. mūtus (strictly of one really dumb): he was struck s., mutus (erat) illico, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 27: v. dumb. 3. perh. infans: cf. Hor. S. 1, 6, 57, infans pudor (bashfulness, taking away the power of speech). 4. stŭpĭdus (paralysed by emotion: esp. fear or surprise): they were s. with fear, stupidi timore obmutuerunt, Auct. Her. 4, 52, 65. Phr.: I was s. (with horror), obstupui ... et vox faucibus haesit, Virg. Aen. 2, 774: cf. ib. 4, 279, Aeneas aspectu obmutuit ... et vox faucibus haesit: also expr. by vox deficit (aliquem), Kr. e Curt.