whisper (subs.) Copy link • whisper (subs.): sŭsurrus: be open; I will have no low murmur or w., palam age, nolo ego murmurillum neque susurrum fieri, Pl. Rud. 5, 3, 48: the hedge shall with gentle w. (of bees) oft invite sleep, sepes saepe levi somnos suadebit inire susurro, Virg. E. 1, 56: to hear gentle w.s., blandos audire susurros, Prop. 1, 11, 13: gentle w.s, lenes susurri, Hor. Od. 1, 9, 19.
whisper (v.) Copy link Outline 1. sŭsurro,1. the breeze of the w.ing wind, aura susurrantis venti, Virg. Cul. 1542. insŭsurro, 1, to w. to another, insusurrare alteri, Cic. Tusc. 5, 36, 103 • whisper (v.): 1. sŭsurro, 1. the breeze of the w.ing wind, aura susurrantis venti, Virg. Cul. 154: I hear it w.'d that she is an Athenian citizen, susurrari audio civem Atticam esse hanc, Ter. Andr. 4, 4, 40. 2. insŭsurro, 1, to w. to another, insusurrare alteri, Cic. Tusc. 5, 36, 103: to w. into the ears, insusurrare in aures, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, 13. Phr.: to w. something or another to the slave, in aurem dicere nescio quid puero, Hor. S. 1, 9, 9.
WHISPER Copy link • WHISPER 1. s. susurrus (the proper word): susurratio (a whispering). Gentle whispers, susurri lenes (Hor., Ep.), blandi (PROP.). 2. v. insusurrare alicui aliquid in aures or ad aurem: dicere alicui aliquid in aurem (Hor., Sat., 1, 9, 9): ad aurem admonere aliquem ut caveat, ne, etc. (to whisper a warning in any one’s ear that he do not, etc., Cic., Fin., 2, 21, 69): subjicere alicui aliquid (to suggest).