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1 cantilēna
cantilēna ae, f [cantilo, to trill], a hackneyed song, old song: cantilenam eandem canis, ever the old song, T.—Silly talk, trite prattle, gossip (colloq.). sua: ex scholis, a trite formula.* * *oft repeated saying; refrain; ditty/little song; silly prattle (L+S); lampoon -
2 garriō
garriō —, —, ire [1 GAR-], to chatter, prate, prattle, chat: Garris, you talk idly, T.: impunitas garriendi: quicquid in buccam: anilīs fabellas, H.* * *garrire, garrivi, garritus Vchatter/prattle/jabber; talk rapidly; talk/write nonsense; (birds/instrunants) -
3 argūtō
argūtō —, —, āre, to prattle, prate: mihi ignes, Pr.* * *argutare, argutavi, argutatus V INTRANSbabble, say childishly/foolishly -
4 crepō
crepō uī, itus, āre [CREP-]. I. To rattle, crack, creak, rustle, clatter, tinkle, jingle, chink: fores crepuerunt ab eā, T.: crepet laurus adusta, O.: crepante pede, H.: nubes subito motu, O.: sinūs crepantes Carbasei, V. — II. To cause to sound, break out into: sonum, H.: manibus faustos sonos, Pr.—Fig., to say noisily, make ado about, boast of, harp on, prattle, prate: sulcos et vineta, talk furrows, etc., H.: militiam, H.* * *crepare, crepui, crepitus Vrattle/rustle/clatter; jingle/tinkle; snap (fingers); harp on, grumble at; fart; crack; burst asunder; resound -
5 dē-cantō
dē-cantō āvī, ātus, āre, to sing off, keep singing: miserabiles elegos, H. — To repeat often, harp on, prattle of: mihi pervolgata praecepta: Nenia, H.—To have done with singing: iam decantaverant, i. e. were through with lamenting. -
6 adblatero
adblaterare, adblateravi, adblateratus V TRANSprattle, chatter -
7 argutor
argutari, argutatus sum V DEPchatter; prattle, babble; stamp (with feet) (L+S) -
8 blateratio
babbling, prattle -
9 blateratus
babbling, prattle -
10 congarrio
congarrire, congarrivi, congarritus V TRANS -
11 decanto
Idecantare, decantavi, decantatus V TRANSchant, recite singing; reel off, repeat often/harp on; prattle; bewitch/enchantIIdecantare, decantavi, decantatus V -
12 adblatero
ad-blătĕro, āre, 1, v. a. [ad, intens. ], to prattle, to chatter:affanias,
App. M. 9, p. 221, 25 Elm. -
13 argutor
argūtor, ātus, 1, v. dep. (archaic inf. argutarier, Titin.; v. infra) [argutus] (except in Prop. only ante-class.), to make a noise.I.With the voice, to prattle, prate:II.argutari dicitur loquacium proloqui,
Non. p. 245, 26:exerce linguam ut argutarier possis, Enn. ap. Non. l. c. (Trag. v. 345 Vahl.): totum diem argutatur quasi cicada, Novat. ib. (Com. Rel. p. 218 Rib.): superare aliquem argutando,
Plaut. Fragm. ib. p. 67, 1; so Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 193: agite, fures, mendaciā argutari, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 239, 15.—In the act. form:illa mihi totis argutat noctibus ignes,
Prop. 1, 6, 7.—With the feet; of the fuller, to stamp: Terra istaec est, non aqua, ubi tu solitu's argutarier Pedibus, cretam dum compescis, vestimenta qui laves, *Titin. ap. Non. p. 245, 32 (Com. Rel. p. 137 Rib.). -
14 cantilena
cantĭlēna, ae, f. [cantillo].I.In anteclass. and class. lang., a song, in a disparaging sense, an old song; vulg. for silly, trite prattle, gossip:II.ut crebro mihi insusurret cantilenam suam,
Cic. Att. 1, 19, 8: totam istam cantilenam ex hoc pendere, ut quam plurimum lucri faciant, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 2: qui non Graeci alicujus cottidianam loquacitatem sine usu, neque ex scholis cantilenam requirunt, Cic. de Or. 1, 23, 105.—Prov.: cantilenam eandem canis, = to auto adeis asma, ever the old song, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 10.— -
15 congarrio
con-garrĭo, īre, v. a., to gabble much, to prattle, Antonin. ap. Fronto, Ep. 1, 15 Mai. -
16 crepo
crĕpo, ŭi, ĭtum, 1, v. n. and a. [Sanscr. krap, to lament; cf. crabro] (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose; in class. prose, concrepo).I.Neutr., to rattle, crack, creak, rustle, clatter, tinkle, jingle, chink, etc.A.In gen.:B.foris,
Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 34; Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 11:fores,
id. Eun. 5, 7, 5; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 121; 3, 3, 52:intestina (with crepitant),
Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 26:herba Sabina ad focos,
Prop. 4 (5), 3, 58; cf. Ov. F. 4, 742:sonabile sistrum,
id. M. 9, 784 (cf. crepitanti sistro, Prop. 3 (4), 11 (9 Bip.), 43): crepante pede. Hor. Epod. 16, 48:nubes subito motu,
Ov. F. 2, 501:catena,
Sen. Ep. 9, 8:lapis, in statuā Memnonis,
Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 58 et saep.: digiti crepantis signa novit eunuchus, a snapping the fingers (as a sign of a command), Mart. 3, 82, 15; cf.concrepo, I.—Of the voice: vox generosa, quae non composita nec alienis auribus sed subito data crepuit,
because loud, Sen. Clem. 2, 1, 1.—In partic., to break wind, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. prohibere, p. 206; Mart. 12, 77 and 78; cf. crepitus, B.—In a play upon words: Co. Fores hae fecerunt magnum flagitium modo. Ad. Quid id est flagitii? Co. Crepuerunt clare, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 33.—C. II.Act., to make something sound, make a noise with, cause to resound or rattle.A.Lit.:B.(Camenae) manibus faustos ter crepuere sonos,
i. e. clapped, Prop. 3 (4), 10, 4; so,ter laetum sonum populus,
Hor. C. 2, 17, 26:procul auxiliantia aera,
Stat. Th. 6, 687: aureolos, to make to chink, i. e. to count, Mart. 5, 19, 14.—Esp. freq.,Trop., to say something or talk noisily, to make much ado about, to boast of, prattle, prate, etc.:neque ego ad mensam publicas res clamo neque leges crepo,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 56:sulcos et vineta,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 84:quid veri,
id. S. 2, 3, 33:immunda dicta,
id. A. P. 247:post vina gravem militiam aut pauperiem,
id. C. 1, 18, 5; cf. with a rel.-clause: crepat, antiquum genus ut... tolerarit aevum, * Lucr. 2, 1170.
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