absence of voice, want of voice; dysphony†; cacoepy†; silence &c
(taciturnity) 585; raucity†; harsh voice &c 410, unmusical voice &c 414;
falsetto, childish treble mute; dummy.
V. keep silence &c 585; speak low, speak softly; whisper &c (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.
Adj. 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 &c (taciturn)
585; muzzled; inarticulate, inaudible.
croaking, raucous, hoarse, husky, dry, hollow, sepulchral, hoarse
as a raven; rough.
Adv. with bated breath, with the finger on the lips; sotto voce [Lat.];
in a low tone, in a cracked voice, in a broken voice.
Phr. vox faucibus haesit [Lat.] [Vergil].