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sermuncŭlus

sermuncŭlus · m

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What it meant

sermuncŭlus — Lewis & Short

sermuncŭlus, i, m.dim.sermo.

I (Acc. to sermo, I. B. 3.) Common talk, tittletattle, report, rumor (rare but class.): urbani sermunculi, Cic. Deiot. 12, 33: sermunculis fabellisque duci, Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 4: sermunculum omnem aut restinxerit aut sedarit, Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3: non deterreor sermunculis istorum, Plin. Ep. 7, 17, 14.—

II A little discourse (late Lat.), Hier. Ep. 32, 1.

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