gossip (v.) Copy link Outline 1. garrio, 4 (to talk idly)2. expr. by sermo and a verb3. effūtio, ītum, 4 (to blab out) • gossip (v.): 1. garrio, 4 (to talk idly): to g. about all sorts of things, vario sermone g., Petr. 55, init.: Cic.: v. to prate. 2. expr. by sermo and a verb: sermones caedere (to chat), Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 1: to g. the day away, diem sermone terere, Pl. Trin. 3, 3, 68: v. to converse. 3. effūtio, ītum, 4 (to blab out): to g. of anything out of doors, aliquid foris ef., Ter. Ph. 5, 1, 19.