The corpus record — Latin

elinguis

elinguis · adj

deprived of a tongue

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Where it lives

Peristephanon Liber 2 · 1.14/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 10 1 · 0.66/10k
Apologia 1 · 0.47/10k
Brutus 1 · 0.4/10k
De Medicina 1 · 0.1/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k
Ab urbe condita 1 · 0.02/10k

What it meant

ē-linguis — Lewis & Short

ē-linguis, e, adj.lingua.

I Lit., deprived of a tongue, Aus. Ep. 23, 14; Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 6, 15.—

II Transf.

A In gen., speechless, Cic. Fl. 10, 22; Liv. 10, 19 (with mutus); id. post Red. 3, 7 (with mutus and tacitus); Gell. 5, 1, 9.—

B Pregn., without eloquence, Cic. Brut. 26, 100; Cels. praef. med.; Tac. Or. 36 fin. (opp. disertus).

In the wild

elingui Apuleius, Apologia 8
elinguis Celsus, De Medicina 1.pr.p11
elinguis Cicero, Brutus 100
elingui Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.10.19.7
elinguis Prudentius, Peristephanon Liber 10.2
elinguis Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 5.9.1

6 of 8 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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