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verbōsus , a, um, adj. verbum,
I.full of words, wordy, prolix, verbose (rare but class.): “verbosa simulatio prudentiae,” Cic. Mur. 14, 30: “T. Livium ut verbosum in historiā carpebat,” Suet. Calig. 34; Cat. 98, 1.— Comp.: “verbosior epistula,” Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 6: “expositio,” Quint. 4, 2, 79.—Sup.: “verbosissimos locos arcessere,” Quint. 2, 4, 31.— Adv.: verbōsē , with many words, verbosely, Cic. Mur. 12, 26; Quint. 12, 8, 7.— Comp., Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 11; Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 5; Quint. 3, 11, 28; 4, 1, 43; 5, 12, 15.
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 (11):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 7.3.5
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 7.3.6
    • Cicero, For Lucius Murena, 12.26
    • Cicero, For Lucius Murena, 14.30
    • Suetonius, Caligula, 34
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 4.31
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 3, 11.28
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 2.79
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 1.43
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 5, 12.15
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 12, 8.7
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