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garrŭlĭtas , ātis, f. id.,
I.a chattering, babbling, prating, talkativeness, garrulity (not in Cic.).
I. Lit.: “nunc quoque in alitibus facundia prisca remansit, Raucaque garrulitas studiumque immane loquendi,” Ov. M. 5, 678: “quem non abducet infixum cogitationibus illa neminem satiatura garrulitas?” Sen. Cons. Helv. 16 fin.: (pueri) facie et garrulitate amabiles. Suet. Aug. 83: “extemporalis,” Quint. 2, 4, 15: “ingens,” Plin. 29, 1, 3, § 5: “ingentia dona Auctoris pereunt, garrulitate sui,” Mart. 5, 52, 8; Plin. Ep. 9, 10, 2; Suet. Aug. 83; Sen. Rhet. 2, 13, 2.—
II. Transf.: “cornix inauspicatae garrulitatis,” Plin. 10, 12, 14, § 30.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 5.678
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 83
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 10.30
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 29.5
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 9.10.2
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 4.15
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