ramble (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Fig., in discourse1. văgor, 12. exspătior, 1 • ramble (v.): I. Lit.: erro, văgor, evăgor, 1: v. to wander. II. Fig., in discourse: 1. văgor, 1: shall I therefore r. and write carelessly?, idcircone vager scribamque licenter? Hor. A. P. 265. Comp. ēvăgor: they do not allow (even) Demosthenes to r. (digress), non Demostheni permittunt ev., Quint. 3, 6, 3. 2. exspătior, 1: Quint. Or expr. by phr.: a proposito declinare, Cic. Or. 40, 137; a proposito egredi, id. Brut. 21, 82; a proposito aberrare, id. Fin. 5, 28, 83. v. to digress.
ramble Copy link • ramble, rambling (subs.): error, văgātio: v. wandering. Phr.: I take a ramble through the circus and the forum, circum forumque pererro, Hor. S. 1, 6, 113.
RAMBLE Copy link • RAMBLEPROP., vagari (the proper word): circumcursare (to run to and fro): palari (to straggle, of several). Figuratively, evagari: vagari: excurrere: a proposito digredi (Cic.); exspatiari (Quint.).