aphony

Roget category 581

4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties
› 4.10. Means of communicating ideas
›› 4.10.2. Conventional means

#581. Aphony

noun

aphony^†, aphonia^† — dumbness etc. adj. — obmutescence^† — absence of voice, want of voice — dysphony^† — cacoepy^† — silence etc. (taciturnity) 585 — raucity^† — harsh voice etc. 410, unmusical voice etc. 414 — falsetto, childish treble mute —" dummy.

verb

keep silence etc. 585 — speak low, speak softly — whisper etc. (faintness) 405.
silence — render mute, render silent — muzzle, muffle, suppress, smother, gag, strike dumb, dumfounder — drown the voice, put to silence, stop one's mouth, cut one short.
stick in the throat.

adjective

aphonous^†, dumb, mute — deafmute, deaf and dumb — mum — tongue-tied — breathless, tongueless, voiceless, speechless, wordless — mute as a fish, mute as a stockfish^†, mute as a mackerel — silent etc. (taciturn) 585 — muzzled — inarticulate, inaudible.
croaking, raucous, hoarse, husky, dry, hollow, sepulchral, hoarse as a raven — rough.

adverb

with bated breath, with the finger on the lips — sotto voce [Lat.] — in a low tone, in a cracked voice, in a broken voice.

phrase

vox faucibus haesit [Lat.] [Vergil].

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