φῑμ-όω,
muzzle, οὐ φιμώσεις βοῦν ἀλοῶντα [[ LXX.Deu.25.4 ] LXX]; shut up as with a muzzle, φ. τῷ ξύλῳ τὸν αὐχένα to make fast his neck in the pillory, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 592 (troch.)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; close, seal up, στόμα [ἄγγους] [[ 3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.984] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: metaphorically, muzzle, put to silence, τινα [[ NT.Matt.22.34 ] NT]:— passive, to be put to silence, be silent, φιμώθητι, πεφίμωσο, [[ NT.Mark.1.25, 4.39, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Peregr.” 15, “Mim.Oxy.” 413.122] NT+2nd c.AD+]; τινι by or because of a thing, [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 1.22.3, compare 5.1.5 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; φιμοῦσθαι πρός τι to be mute in a matter,[[[prev. work] “Prooem.” 5, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 8.275. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]