report (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Rumour1. fāma (with de or depend. clause; rarely with objective gen.)2. rūmor (unauthenticated r.3. sermo, ōnis, m. (common talk)4. audītio (hearsay)5. audītus, ūs6. ŏpīnio7. frăgor (very rare and poet.)II. Official statement1. rĕnuntiātio (esp. of a declaration of election)2. acta, orum, n. pl. (a r. of transactions)3. rĕlātus, ūs4. rĕlātio (esp. the formal laying of a matter before the Senate)5. līterae, ārum, f. pl.III. ReputationIV. A loud, sudden noise; perh. frăgor, crĕpĭtus • report (subs.): I. Rumour: 1. fāma (with de or depend. clause; rarely with objective gen.): the r. of his death spread abroad, f. de interitu ejus peragravit, Cic. Mil. 35, 98: that r. had spread through the city, f. ea urbem pervaserat, Liv. 5, 7, ad med.: the r. had spread through the whole world, f. per orbem terrarum percrebuisset, Caes. B. C. 3, 43: the r. spreads gradually, f. serpit, Plin. Ep. 9, 33: the r. spreads widely, ea f. vagatur, Virg. Aen. 2, 17: a sad r. spreads, tristis f. manat, Cic. Phil. 14, 6, 15: to circulate a r., f. dissipare, id. ib.: a r. was circulated, f. distulit (aliquid esse), Suet. Caes. 33: there is a more common r. (tradition), vulgatior fama est, Liv. 1, 7, ad init.: the r. is current, f. obtinet, id. 21, 46, extr.: tenet, id. 38, 13: to hear anything by r., fama aliquid accipere, Caes. B. G. 6, 20: r. said that you were in Syria, f. nuntiabat te esse in Syria, Cic. Fam. 12, 4, 2: whithersoever the r. of the enemy's presence led him, quocumque f. hostium ducebat, Liv. 7, 17: Join: rumor ac f., Caes. B. G. 6, 20; f. et auditio, Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95; f. atque sermo, id. Fl. 6, 13. (N.B.--F. is freq. personified, as in Virg. Aen. 4, 173.) 2. rūmor (unauthenticated r.: constr. like preced.): to spread a r., r. dispergere, Tac. H. 2, 96; serere, Virg. 12, 228: a r. spreads gradually, r. serpit, Cic. Mur. 21, 45; manat, Hor. S. 2, 6, 50: there is a general r., r. calet, Caelius in Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 2: some r. or other had whispered that there was a scanty attendance, rumoris nescio quid afflaverat frequentiam non esse, Cic. Att. 16, 5, 1: r. gives birth to many statements, multa r. perfert, id. Fam. 2, 8, 1; affingit, Caes. B. C. 1, 53: unauthenticated r.s, r. sine auctore, Cic. Fam. 12, 9, 1: uncertain r.s arrived about his safety, de vita ejus dubii r. allati sunt, Liv. 28, 24: to be at the mercy of uncertain r.s, incertis rumoribus servire, Caes. B. G. 4, 5. 3. sermo, ōnis, m. (common talk): to spread r.s, s. dissipare, Cic. Verr. Act. 2, 1, 6, 17: a wide-spread r., disseminatus dispersusque s., id. Planc. 23, 56: if r.s of that kind have reached you, si istiusmodi s. ad te delati sunt, id. Fam. 3, 8, 5: the news occasioned various r.s, nuntii varios s. excitarunt, id. 8, 10, 2: v. talk. 4. audītio (hearsay): false r.s, fictae a., Cic. Planc. 23, 56: not even the faintest r., ne tenuissima quidem a., Caelius in Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 2. 5. audītus, ūs: Tac. H. 1, 76. 6. ŏpīnio: a r. reached the barbarians, o. ad barbaros perlata est, Caes. B. G. 2, 35: Just. 7. frăgor (very rare and poet.): Val. Fl. 1, 753 Phr.: it was important to circulate a r. that he had been poisoned, pertinuit differri tanquam veneno interceptus esset, Tac. A. 3, 12: v. preced. art. II. Official statement: 1. rĕnuntiātio (esp. of a declaration of election): a r. taken from the public archives, r. ex literis publicis, Cic. Verr. 3, 39, 89. 2. acta, orum, n. pl. (a r. of transactions): law r.s, a. forensia, Scaev. in Pand. 26, 8, 21: Cic. 3. rĕlātus, ūs: to refuse to make a r. on any matter, r. abnuere de aliqua re, Tac. A. 15, 22. 4. rĕlātio (esp. the formal laying of a matter before the Senate): Cic. 5. līterae, ārum, f. pl.: v. document. III. Reputation: fāma: v. reputation. Phr.: to have a good, evil r., bene, male audire, Cic. IV. A loud, sudden noise; perh. frăgor, crĕpĭtus: more vaguely, sŏnĭtus, ūs: v. crash, noise.