musso

See also: Musso and mussò

Italian

Verb

musso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mussare

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mur- (to mutter), which is of imitative, onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

Verb

mussō (present infinitive mussāre, perfect active mussāvī, supine mussātum); first conjugation

  1. to say in a soft voice, murmur
  2. to be silent and respectful
  3. to refrain from speaking because of fear or uncertainty

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: mussare

References

  • musso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • musso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • musso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.