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.
word (v.) Copy link • word (v.): concĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3: having changed a few terms in the form and in the w.ing of the oath, paucis verbis carminis concipiendique jurisjurandi mutatis, Liv. 1, 32: v. to express.
WORD Copy link • WORD 1. s. vocabulum (as the name of anything = nomen; rare in Cic.): verbum (considered as spoken or written): vox (an expression containing a complete proposition: vox, especially as an expression of feeling verbum, of an idea): dictum (an expression of intellect or humor; often an expression may be regarded as a vox or a dictum): nomen (the distinctive name of an object). “The word plough,” verbum aratri (☞ not verbum aratrum): words = speech, sermo: oratio: an old word, verbum vetus, vetustum, priscum: a new word, verbum novum, novatum: word for word, ad verbum (e.g., de Graecis exprimere; ediscere; cum aliqua re convenire); verbum e verbo exprimere (Cic., when he translates, e.g., πάθη, morbi; κατάληφις, comprehensio); verbum de verbo expressum efferre (Terentianus, in same sense); verbum pro verbo reddere (☞ not verbo tenus, which is = “in word only”: opposed to re): to give the spirit of an author without translating him word for word, non verbum pro verbo reddere, sed genus omnium verborum vimque servare (Cic.): to translate word for word, ad verbum aliquid transferre, exprimere (Cic.): verbum verbo reddere (Hor.); verbis totidem aliquid transferre (Cic.): to say a word, verbum facere: not to utter a word, verbum nullum facere (Cic.): to get a word out of anybody, verbum ex aliquo elicere (Cic.): to define one’s words, verba definire et describere: to use a word in a certain sense; by circumlocution with verbo uti (not verbum usurpare, adhibere); subjicere sententiam vocabulo; vocabulo aliquid significare, declarare. To use a word in a rare application, verbum doctiuscule ponere. Cic., too, makes a similar application of the word, item consimiliter Cic. verbo isto utitur. Cic. uses the word in a contrary meaning, contra valet cum Cic. - ita dicit: to agree in substance, but to be different in words, re consentire, vocabulis differre (Cic.): to which the word virtue is usually applied, in quo nomen poni solet virtutis (☞ if the word in apposition is an adjective, the following passage of Cic. is a good example: “To the word happy,” etc., huic verbo, cum beatum dicimus, etc.; Cic., Tusc., 5, 10). To exchange words with anybody, verba commutare cum aliquo or inter se: to have words = to quarrel, dispute, altercari, altercationem facere (Cic.); verbis certare cum aliquo: to say anything in few words, brevi circumscribere, explicare, expedire aliquid; parva significatione ostendere aliquid: I with to say two or three words to you, paucis te volo (Persius); te tribus verbis volo (Plaut.); tribus verbis (ib.); paucis ausculta! paucis audi! (Terentianus): fair words, blandae voces; benigna oratio; benigna verba (Cic.): to waste words, verba frustra consumere: don’t say a word about the marriage, verbum unum cave de nuptiis (Ter.): not to suffer one to speak a word, interloqui aliquem (Ter.); loqui conantem interpellare: in one word, uno verbo; ut verbo dicam; quid multa? To take the words out of one’s mouth, orationem alicui ex ore eripere (Plaut.): not to be able to get a word from anybody, ex aliquo verbum elicere, or vocem exprimere, non posse: to say or put in a good word for anybody, deprecari aliquem ab aliquo (in order to avert a danger, etc.): commendare aliquem alicui (in order to recommend or introduce him). To beguile by fair words, ducere aliquem dictis, with or without phaleratis (frequent in Ter.); lactare aliquem et spe falsa producere (Ter., Andr., 4, 1, 24): to put one off with fair words, pollicitaudo lactare alicujus animum (ib., 4, 4, 9): want of words, inopia (verborum; opposed to verborum copia, ubertas): a little word = particle, vocula (Gell.; ☞ but there is no authority for verbulum): structure of words, ordo, strilctura verborum; consecutio verborum (construction): connection of words, verborum junctio (Cic.), junctura (Hor., A.P.), copulatio (Quint.): word of command [Vid: COMMAND]. To be at a loss for words, verba desunt alicui (Cic.); aliquis continuandi verba facilitate [al. facilitate] destituitur (from confusion, want of presence of mind, Quint.): to employ a word that has become obsolete, verbum a vetustate repetere (Quint.). Play upon words, annominatio (Cic. and Quint., [Vid. PUNNING, and the examples there given]): verborum lusus (Ruhnken): To have the last word, ad extremum obloqui (Bauer): the Word of God = the Bible, litterae divinae, sanctae; libri divini (ecclesiastical): to preach the Word of God, *Dei voluntatem interpretari [Vid :, also, Holy WRIT]: the Word of Life, *doctrina salutaris. Promise, fides; promissum. To give one’s word, promissum dare; promittere aliquid: to pledge one’s word for anything, fidem suam in aliquam rem interponere (Caes.); to anybody, fidem alicui dare (Cic.), or interponere (Caes.), or astringere (Ter.): to keep one’s word, be as good as one’s word, fidem servare, praestare (Cic.), conservare (Nep.), liberare (Cic.), exsolvere (Liv.); in fide manere; promissum servare, exsolvere (opposed to fidem non servare; in fide non stare; promissis non stare; promissum non facere; fidem fallere, mutare, prodere): on your word, tua fide (Plaut.); te auctore, sponsore (after Cic.): on my word, mea fide (Cic.); me auctore; me vide! a man of his word, vir fidem datam, promissum datum, religiose servans: to keep one to his word, postulare ut fidem datam servet, exsolvet aliquis (after Cic.; to demand the fulfilment of a promise): instare verbis alicujus; premere verba alicujus (in argument, to tie one close to his expressions): I rely upon your word, tuo promisso, tuis dictis, confido, nitor: you have my word, fidem meam habes! rata ac firma sunt, quae promisi: an honorable man’s word is as good as his bond, in virum honestum, bonum, non cadit mendacium, fraus; promissa fides sequetur. 2. v. Vid: EXPRESS.