Meaning of rumor | Babel Free

Definitions

1. rumor, hearsay, gossip
   declension-3
2. the voice of the people, the common opinion; (also) fame, reputation
   declension-3
3. rustle, murmur, a murmuring
   declension-3, figuratively, poetic

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Examples

“His rebus atque auditionibus permoti de summis saepe rebus consilia ineunt, quorum eos in vestigio paenitere necesse est, cum incertis rumoribus serviant et pleri ad voluntatem eorum ficta respondeant.”

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“Quid quaeris? Vivo et regno, simul ista reliqui Quae vos ad caelum fertis rumore secundo, Utque sacerdotis fugitivus liba recuso,”

What do you want from me? I live, I am my own master, I left behind the self same things you by common approval so eagerly covet, like the fugitive I have no right to the priest's blessed cake, but bread will quench my hunger over any honeyed delicacy.

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