talk (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. sermo, ōnis, m. (used both in sing. and pl. in nearly all senses of the Eng. word)2. sermunculus (dimin. of preced.3. collŏquium (prop. a t.ing together4. collŏcūtio (a familiar or private conversation)5. lŏquēla (rare, and poet.)6. garrītus, ūs (chat)7. fābŭla (a story, tale)8. fāma (report, rumour)9. verbĭfĭcātio (a t.ing) • talk (subs.): 1. sermo, ōnis, m. (used both in sing. and pl. in nearly all senses of the Eng. word): every-day t., s. quotidianus, Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 2: silly childish t., s. stultus, puerilis, id. Fam. 3, 10, 5: sprightly t., s. facetus, id. de Or. 1, 8, 32: confidential talk, sermonis communicatio (cum aliquo), id. Att. 1, 17, 6: a very ungentlemanly kind of talk, genus s. minime liberale, id. Fam. 3, 8, 5: common t., vulgi s., id. Rep. 6, 23: the t. of the town, pervagatus civitatis s., id. Mil. 12, 33: to try to get into t. with, s. quaerere, Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 10: to introduce light t., delicatum s. inferre, Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144: they spoke of many things in various t., multo inter sese vario sermone serebant, Virg. Aen. 6, 160: miscellaneous t., passing from one subject to another, s. varius, aliunde alio transiliens, Sen. Ep. 64, 2: to spend the day in t., diem sermone terere, Pl. Trin. 3, 3, 68: much t. till late in the day, multus s. in multum diem, Cic. Att. 13, 9, ad init.: to prolong the t., s. producere, id. Rep. 6, 10 to have a rather long t., longiorem s. instituere, Caes. B. G. 5, 37: the t. flags, s. friget, Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 11 there is a t., manat s., Cic. Clu. 27, 73: to be the common t., esse in ore, in sermone omnium, id. Phil. 10, 7, 14: to become the t., in sermones hominum venire, id. Verr. 4, 7, 13: in sermonem incidere, id. Fam. 9, 3, 1: he is now the sole subject of t. through the city, nunc per urbem solus s. est omnibus, Pl. Ps. 1, 5, 4: it is the universal t. of Asia, s. est tota Asia dissipatus, Cic. Flac. 6, 14: to give a handle to t., dare sermonis ansas, id. Sest. 10, 22: to give occasion to t., dare sermonem, id. Fam. 9, 3, 1; praebere, Tac. H. 4, 4: to supply matter for t., dare materiam sermonum, id. Q., Fr. 1, 2, 1, § 3: to give rise to all kinds of t., varios s. excitare, id. Fam. 8, 10, 2: I have never provoked this t., but I have not done much to check it, hos sermones lacessivi nunquam sed non valde repressi, id. ib. 3, 8, 7 to be well abused in common t., sermonibus omnium vapulare, id. Att. 2, 14, ad init.: to escape common t., effugere s., id. Coel. 16, 38: to silence common t., retundere s., id. Fam. 8, 6, 1: the t. having died away, refrigerato sermone, id. ib. 3, 8, 1: to "stuff the ears of men" with t., aures hominum sermonibus refercire, id. Rab. Post. 14, 40: my chief t. is with books, cum libellis mihi plurimus s. est, Sen. Ep. 67, 2: cf. Cic. Att. 12, 15: v. conversation. 2. sermunculus (dimin. of preced.: small, petty t.: rare): the common town t. of mischievous persons, urbani malevolorum s., Cic. Deiot. 12, 33: to stifle or silence all the petty t., s. omnem aut restinguere aut sedare, id. Att. 13, 10, ad med. 3. collŏquium (prop. a t.ing together: esp. a conference). the soldiers had frequent t.s with one another, crebra inter se c. milites habebant, Caes. B. C. 3, 19, ad init.: t. with absent friends (i. e. by letter): colloquia amicorum absentium, Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 7: the t. of birds, c. alitum, Plin. 10, 49, 70: t. with the gods, deorum c., Virg. Aen. 7, 91. Join: congressus c.que, Cic. Phil. 9, 1, 2. 4. collŏcūtio (a familiar or private conversation): rare: very familiar t., c. familiarissimae, Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5: id. Att. 12. 1, extr. Join: sermones c.que, id. Fam. 1, 9, 4. 5. lŏquēla (rare, and poet.): wordy t., verbosa l., Catul. 55, 20: the soothing t. of a nurse, blanda nutricis l., Lucr. 5, 230. 6. garrītus, ūs (chat): Sid. Ep. 3. 6, ad med.: v. chat, gossip. 7. fābŭla (a story, tale): what a t. I was through the city, per urbem f. quanta fui, Hor. Epod. 11, 8: to avoid t., vitare f., Q. Cic. Pet. Consul. 14, 54: to take down (make notes of) t., f. excipere, Tac. Or. 2, 2: to take part in the t., excipere partem fabulae, Petr. Sat. 42, init. 8. fāma (report, rumour): there has arisen a t., f. surrexit, Coel. in Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 2: common t., f. vulgi, Cic. Top. 20, 76: there is a common t., f. percrebruit, id. Fam. 10, 10, 1 scarcely has a t. of that suspicion reached my ears, vix ad aures meas istius suspicionis f. pervenit, id. Sull. 4, 12. Join: communi f. atque sermone, id. Flac. 6, 13: v. report, rumour. 9. verbĭfĭcātio (a t.ing): Caecilius in Don. Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 4 (quid tibi v. est patri?) Phr.: to be all the t., in ore esse, Cic. Am. 1, 2: to become the common t., pervenire in ora vulgi, Catul. 40, 5: everybody makes it their t., in ore est omni populo, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 13: to become the t. of scandal-mongers, incurrere in voculas malevolorum, Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 2: to avoid common t., vitare linguas hominum, id. Fam. 9, 2, 2. to silence common t., linguas retundere, Liv. 33, 31: to court idle t., rumusculos aucupari, Cic. Leg. 3, 16, 35: you think virtue idle t., virtutem verba putas, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 31: idle t., nugae, Pl. Pers. 4, 7, 8. [N.B.--Several compounds are found: coaxing t., blandiloquentia, Poet. in Cic. N. D. 3, 25, extr.: foolish t., stultiloquentia, Pl. Trin. 1, 2, 185: empty t., vaniloquentia, Tac. Ann. 3, 49: but the simple word lŏquentia does not occur, except in the saying recorded in Plin. Ep. 5, 20, aliud esse eloquentiam, aliud loquentiam, t. is one thing, eloquence another: see also Gell. 1, 15, ad fin., for the story of Valerius Probus.]