gossip (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Idle talk1. rūmor (esp. in pl.)2. sermo, ōnis, m. (conversation of any kindII. A talkative person1. (homo) garrŭlus2. (homo) lŏquax3. fāmĭgĕrātor (rare)4. garrītor (rare)5. lŏcūtŭlēius, blătĕro, lingŭlāca • gossip (subs.): I. Idle talk: 1. rūmor (esp. in pl.): a matter which had become public g., res volgi rumoribus exagitata, Sall. Cat. 29: Tac. Ann. 3, 9: the g. of strict old fogies, rumores senum severiorum, Cat. 5, 2. Dimin., rumusculi, Cic. (who uses it contemptuously of petty notoriety: Leg. 3, 16, 35). 2. sermo, ōnis, m. (conversation of any kind: q. v.): the current g. of the town, pervagatus civitatis s., Cic. Mil. 12, 33: it has become the g. of all Asia, s. est tota Asia dissipatus, Cic. Fl. 6, 14: to be matter of g., esse in sermone, Sen. Ep. 95, 26. (N.B. Not fabulatio or confabulatio which have no good authority.) See also to gossip. II. A talkative person: 1. (homo) garrŭlus: shun the inquisitive man; for he is a g. too, percontatorem fugito; nam g. idem est, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 69: that g. of a woman, garrula illa, Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 14. 2. (homo) lŏquax: v. talkative. 3. fāmĭgĕrātor (rare): Pl. Trin. 1, 2, 178. 4. garrītor (rare): Amm. 22, 9, med. 5. lŏcūtŭlēius, blătĕro, lingŭlāca: Gell. 1, 15, fin.