mūtus adj. 3 MV-, dumb, mute, speechless, without speech: pecudes: agna, H.: animalia, Iu.: satius est mutum esse quam dicere, etc.

—Plur. as subst: grex mutorum, brutes, Iu.

—Not speaking, silent, mute: mutum dices, i. e. I will not say a word, T.: Omnis pro nobis gratia muta fuit, has not spoken a word, O.: vox, silent, O.: artes, the arts of design (opp. eloquence): artes, silent arts (not famous), V.

—Of place or time, silent, still: forum: tempus magis mutum a litteris, i. e. in which there was better reason for not writing: silentia noctis, deep, O.