word Copy link Outline I. A word, spoken or written1. verbum (the most general term, of words, spoken or written)2. dictum (a spoken w. or saying)3. vŏcābŭlum (an appellation of a particular thing)4. nōmen, ĭnis, n. (a name)5. vox, vōcis, f. (an expression, utterance, of one or more words)II. Message, informationIII. Promise • word: I. A word, spoken or written: 1. verbum (the most general term, of words, spoken or written): a w. once uttered flies away past recal, semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 71: you see that by this one w. two things are meant, videtis hoc uno verbo significari duas res, Cic. Caecin. 30, 88: the very w. itself, "pleasure," has no dignity, verbum ipsum voluptatis non habet dignitatem, id. Fin. 2, 23, 75: to stamp things with w.s by way of marks, ut signa quaedam sic verba rebus imprimere, id. Rep. 3, 2, 3: choice of w.s is the origin of eloquence, delectus verborum origo est eloquentiae., id. Brut. 72, 253: what need of w.s? quid verbis opust? Pl. Am. 1, 1, 289: insulting w.s, contumelia verborum, Caes. B. G. 5, 58: character, disgrace, infamy, are but w.s and folly, existimatio, dedecus, infamia, verba sunt atque ineptiae, Cic. Pis. 27, 65: the force of w.s, not the weight of things, verborum momenta non rerum pondera, id. Rep. 3, 8, 12: in w. all are free, verbo sunt liberi omnes, ib. 1, 31, 47: Latin plays translated w. for w. from the Greek, fabellae Latinae ad verbum de Graecis expressae, id. Fin. 1, 2, 4: w. for w., verbum e verbo, id. Tusc. 3, 4, 7: to translate w. for w., verbum pro verbo reddere, id. Opt. Gen. Or. 5, 14: verbum verbo r., Hor. A. P. 133: in a w. (to sum up all in one w.), uno verbo, Cic. Phil. 2, 22, 54: O that you could say that w. (saying) from your heart and with truth, utinam istuc verbum ex animo ac vere diceres, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 95. 2. dictum (a spoken w. or saying): what is the matter, that no one values my w.? quid hoc est negoti neminem meum dictum magni facere? Pl. Asin. 2, 4, 1: to seduce by fine w.s, phaleratis dictis ducere, Ter. Ph. 3, 2, 16: he obeyed his w., dicto paruit, Liv. 9, 41. 3. vŏcābŭlum (an appellation of a particular thing): the name is that which is given to each person as the distinctive special and fixed w. by which each is called, nomen est quod unicuique personae attribuitur quo suo quaeque proprio et certo vocabulo appellatur, Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 34: without changing the things they changed the w.s., rebus non commutatis immutaverunt vocabula, id. Leg. 1, 13, 38. 4. nōmen, ĭnis, n. (a name): to apply new w.s to new things, novis rebus nova nomina imponere, Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 3. 5. vox, vōcis, f. (an expression, utterance, of one or more words): that he, who is always saying that we ought diligently to bring out the force that underlies w.s, does not understand the meaning of this word "pleasure," eum qui crebro dicat diligenter oportere exprimi quae vis subjecta sit vocibus, non intelligere quid sonet haec vox voluptatis, Cic. Fin. 2,, 2, 6: a w. uttered cannot return, nescit vox missa reverti, Hor. A. P. 390: determine that there is no succour in these words, I am a Roman citizen, constitue nihil esse opis in hac voce, Civis Romanus sum, Cic. Verr. 5, 65, 168: when the w.s of that gladiator had become known, quum illius gladiatoris voces precrebuissent, id. Mur. 25, 50. Phr.: a w. with you: ausculta paucis: audi paucis: paucis te volo: Ter.: in a w., in a few w.s: breviter: paucis: ne multa: Cic.: to give ill w.s to any one, maledicere alicui, Cic.: to give any one a good w., favere, suffragari, alicui (to favour, vote for): Cic.: commendare aliquem (to recommend): Cic.: to have w.s with any one, altercari cum aliquo, Liv.: v. to quarrel. II. Message, information: hence, to send, send back w., nuntiare, renuntiare: certiorem facere aliquem: to write, write back w., scribere, rescribere: v. message, to inform. III. Promise: to keep one's w., fidem praestare, servare: to break one's w., fidem violare, fallere: to take a person's w., alicui credere: he will believe my w. sooner than your oath, injurato plus credet mihi quam jurato tibi, Pl. Am. 1, 1, 284: he is as good as his w., firmavit fidem, Ter. Andr. 3, 1, 4: v. promise.