English → Latin
“dumb” in Latin
mūtusmute, dumb, silent, unable to speak, inarticulate; Used as a specific epithet.ēlinguisdeprived of a tongue, tongueless; speechless; without elegance or incapable of eleganceobmūtēscōto lose one's speech, become dumb; to be speechless, mute, silent
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
dumb adj.
mutus (by nature): elinguis (by accident; e.g., through fear). To strike dumb, elinguem reddere (Cic.): to grow dumb, obmutescere (Cic.). I become dumb. me deficit vox.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for dumb?
- The usual Latin words for “dumb” are mūtus, ēlinguis, obmūtēscō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.