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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• gossip (subs.):
    1. I. Idle talk:
      1. 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. 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.
    2. II. A talkative person:
      1. 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. 2. (homo) lŏquax: v. talkative.
      3. 3. fāmĭgĕrātor (rare): Pl. Trin. 1, 2, 178.
      4. 4. garrītor (rare): Amm. 22, 9, med.
      5. 5. lŏcūtŭlēius, blătĕro, lingŭlāca: Gell. 1, 15, fin.
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• gossip (v.):
      1. 1. garrio, 4 (to talk idly): to g. about all sorts of things, vario sermone g., Petr. 55, init.: Cic.: v. to prate.
      2. 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. 3. effūtio, ītum, 4 (to blab out): to g. of anything out of doors, aliquid foris ef., Ter. Ph. 5, 1, 19.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• GOSSIP
  • s. homo garrulus: loquax (that talks much): vulgator (publisher of news, etc., Ov.): famigerator (comedy, a malicious talkative fellow): rumigerulus (late; Ammian): combibo (litterally, a bottle-companion): compotor: sodalis (companion). Feminine, garrula: *vulgatrix: *famigeratrix.
  • Idle talk, sermo: sermones (talk): *sermones falsi, or improbi, or aniles (i. e., old woman’s talk): garritus: confabulatio: foolish or idle gossip, rumusculi imperitorum hominum. To have a gossip with anybody, fabulari or confabulari cum aliquo: to have a gossip together, fabulari inter se: sermones caedere (λόγους κόπτειν): I often have a gossip with anybody, cum aliquo fabulor insusurrans ac praebens invicem aurem (Suet., Caes., 22).
  • Godfather or godmother, Vid: GOSSIP, v. To chat, Vid :; and GOSSIP, s. To gossip about anything, evulgare: divulgare: effutire foris [SYN. in DIVULGARE]. To gossip about anybody, or anybody’s affairs, aliquem differre rumoribus (maliciously): a gossiping set or party, sessiuncula (Cic., Fin., 5, 20, 56). A gossiping town, urbs sermonum avida: I should like to gossip with you longer, cupiebam (in a letter) plura garrire.