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Having word answering to word literal [Vid: LITARAL] ad verbum expressus: verba singula exprimens reddens (after Cic.): ad verbum descriptus (verbal accuracy; of a copy): A verbal translation interpretatio ad fidem verborum facta ad litteram verba auctoris reddens exprimens: petty verbal discussions or distinctions (istae) verborum angustiae: to drive anybody to such petty verbal discussions aliquem in tantas verborum angustias compellere (both Cic.; opposed to campus etc. the field of fair full discussion): a dispute that turns on petty verbal distinctions verborum disceptatio or discordia: to reduce anything to a discussion of petty verbal distinctions ad verba rem deflectere: verbal criticism *critice or ars critica quae verborum pondera examinat (after Cic.): a mere verbal critic *verborum or syllabarum anceps (in a bad sense); qui verborum pondere examinat (in a good sense).
By word of mouth oral by verbis or per colloquium or colloquia. To give anybody a verbal answer alicui voce respondere; a verbal commission alicui aliquid voce mandare.
Having word answering to word literal [Vid: LITARAL] ad verbum expressus: verba singula exprimens reddens (after Cic.): ad verbum descriptus (verbal accuracy; of a copy): A verbal translation interpretatio ad fidem verborum facta ad litteram verba auctoris reddens exprimens: petty verbal discussions or distinctions (istae) verborum angustiae: to drive anybody to such petty verbal discussions aliquem in tantas verborum angustias compellere (both Cic.; opposed to campus etc. the field of fair full discussion): a dispute that turns on petty verbal distinctions verborum disceptatio or discordia: to reduce anything to a discussion of petty verbal distinctions ad verba rem deflectere: verbal criticism *critice or ars critica quae verborum pondera examinat (after Cic.): a mere verbal critic *verborum or syllabarum anceps (in a bad sense); qui verborum pondere examinat (in a good sense).
By word of mouth oral by verbis or per colloquium or colloquia. To give anybody a verbal answer alicui voce respondere; a verbal commission alicui aliquid voce mandare.
verbal:
I. By word of mouth, oral: Phr.: I have given him more v. than written instructions, plura illi mandata verbo quam scriptura dedimus, Planc. ad Coss. in Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 5: you gave v. testimony to your feelings, vocem vivam prae vobis indicem voluntatum tulistis, Cic. Agr. 2, 2, 4 (so viva vox is used by Quint. and Sen.): all disputes will be settled by a v. interview, fore, ut per colloquia omnes controversiae componantur, Caes. B. C. 1, 9, fin.: let everything else be kept for v. communication, caetera praesenti sermoni reserventur, Cic. Q. F. 2, 8, 1.
II. Dealing with words rather than things: Phr.: with verbum (in pl.): the straits of v. subtleties, istae verborum angustiae, Cic. Caec. 29, 84; a dispute of v. distinctions, disceptationis res, Liv. 21, 19, init.: if we are to make the facts depend on v. distinctions, si ad v. rem deflectere velimus, Cic. Caec. 18, 51: he judges by a v. standard, omnia v. momentis examinat, id. Rep. 3, 8, 12: a mere v. critic, auceps syllabarum (*verborum), id. de Or. 1, 55, 236.
III. Word for word, literal: Phr.: with verbum: Latin plays which are a v. translation from the Greek, fabellae Latinae ad v., de Graecis expressae, Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 4: that would be a v. translation, id. v., esset e v., id. Tusc. 3, 4, 7: he has given a v. translation, v. de v. expressum extulit, Ter. Ad. prol. 11: to give a v. translation, v. pro v. reddere, Cic. Opt. Gen. 5, 14: v. v. reddere, Hor. A. P. 133: I have given a v. translation from Dicaearchus, totidem verbis a Dicaearcho transtuli, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3.
I. By word of mouth, oral: Phr.: I have given him more v. than written instructions, plura illi mandata verbo quam scriptura dedimus, Planc. ad Coss. in Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 5: you gave v. testimony to your feelings, vocem vivam prae vobis indicem voluntatum tulistis, Cic. Agr. 2, 2, 4 (so viva vox is used by Quint. and Sen.): all disputes will be settled by a v. interview, fore, ut per colloquia omnes controversiae componantur, Caes. B. C. 1, 9, fin.: let everything else be kept for v. communication, caetera praesenti sermoni reserventur, Cic. Q. F. 2, 8, 1.
II. Dealing with words rather than things: Phr.: with verbum (in pl.): the straits of v. subtleties, istae verborum angustiae, Cic. Caec. 29, 84; a dispute of v. distinctions, disceptationis res, Liv. 21, 19, init.: if we are to make the facts depend on v. distinctions, si ad v. rem deflectere velimus, Cic. Caec. 18, 51: he judges by a v. standard, omnia v. momentis examinat, id. Rep. 3, 8, 12: a mere v. critic, auceps syllabarum (*verborum), id. de Or. 1, 55, 236.
III. Word for word, literal: Phr.: with verbum: Latin plays which are a v. translation from the Greek, fabellae Latinae ad v., de Graecis expressae, Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 4: that would be a v. translation, id. v., esset e v., id. Tusc. 3, 4, 7: he has given a v. translation, v. de v. expressum extulit, Ter. Ad. prol. 11: to give a v. translation, v. pro v. reddere, Cic. Opt. Gen. 5, 14: v. v. reddere, Hor. A. P. 133: I have given a v. translation from Dicaearchus, totidem verbis a Dicaearcho transtuli, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3.