Motus. An exclamation imposing silence, ** mum

(from the Latin ending -t^s facetiously given to mot, i. e,, pas un mot).

11, Muta (or Tadta), with the Romans the goddess of

silence, invoked by them against slander. She is sometimes identified with Lara (or Larunda), whom Jupiter deprived of her tongue for indiscreet tattling about his private affairs.

21. Quidam (pron. ki-dafi), person, fellow, generally fam. and depr., * 'homme dont on ignore le nom et qu'on ne veut pas nommer."

Pnge. Llne.