hush (interj.) Copy link Outline 1. st! (colloq.)2. tăcē, tăcētĕ, quin taces, tacetis3. (preparatory to religious ceremonies) făvēte linguis! (Gr. [Greek • hush (interj.): 1. st! (colloq.): Pl. Cic. often joined with tace, tacete, Pl. Cas. 2, 1, 5, etc. 2. tăcē, tăcētĕ, quin taces, tacetis: v. silent, to be. 3. (preparatory to religious ceremonies) făvēte linguis! (Gr. [Greek: euphêmein]): Hor. Od. 3, 1, 2.
hush Copy link Outline 1. comprĭmo, pressi, ssum, 3 (to keep from getting abroad)2. cēlo, tĕgo, etc. • hush: 1. comprĭmo, pressi, ssum, 3 (to keep from getting abroad): to h. up any one's faults, delicta alicujus c., Cic. Att. 10, 4, 1: they did their best to h. up the report of the fall of Carthage, ex industria famam captae Karthaginis compresserunt, Liv. 26, 51. 2. cēlo, tĕgo, etc.: v. to conceal. See also to still, appease.
HUSH Copy link • HUSHv. To reduce to silence, alicujus linguam retundere (to silence one who has been complaining loudly; ☞ Liv., 33, 31, extr.): comprimere (general term, to suppress, restrain, etc., aliquem, Plaut., Rud., 4, 4, 81, etc.; the voice of conscience, conscientiam, Cic., Fin., 2, 17, in.): also comprimere linguam alicui (Plaut.). To hush up anything, exstinguere rumorem de aliqua re: de aliqua re silere. Anything is hushed up, de aliqua re siletur (e.g., de jurgio, Plaut.). To appease, allay, Vid.