dumb Copy link Outline 1. mūtus (prop. of persons with defect of speech2. ēlinguis, e3. infans, ntis (as an infant, or from modesty)4. linguae usu dēfectus (having lost the power of speech) • dumb: 1. mūtus (prop. of persons with defect of speech: also in gen. sense): d. by nature, naturaliter m., Plin.: d. brutes, m. pecudes, Cic.: d. fishes, m. pisces, Hor.: d. arts (as painting), m. artes, Cic. 2. ēlinguis, e: (having nothing to say): v. speechless. (Cic. joins mutum forum, elinguem curiam, in Sen. 3, 6.) 3. infans, ntis (as an infant, or from modesty): v. speechless. 4. linguae usu dēfectus (having lost the power of speech): Val. Max. Phr.: to be struck d. (fig.), obmutescere, Cic.: to signify anything in d. show, aliquid gestu significare, Ov.