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|lshtext=<b>rūmor</b>: ōris, m. cf. Gr. ὠρύω,> to [[howl]]; [[ὀρυμαγδός]],> [[din]]; Sanscr. [[root]] ru-, [[roar]]; ravas, [[uproar]]; Lat.: [[raucus]], [[rudo]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., the [[talk]] of the [[many]], [[whether]] relating facts or expressing opinions.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Common [[talk]], [[unauthenticated]] [[report]], [[hearsay]], [[rumor]] (the [[prevalent]] and [[class]]. signif.; used [[equally]] in sing. and plur.; syn.: [[fama]], [[sermo]]); absol., or [[with]] a [[mention]] of its [[purport]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Absol.: est hoc Gallicae consuetudinis, uti mercatores in oppidis [[vulgus]] circumsistat, quibusque ex regionibus veniant quasque ibi res cognoverint, pronuntiare cogant. His rumoribus [[atque]] auditionibus permoti de summis [[saepe]] rebus consilia ineunt, quorum eos e vestigio poenitere [[necesse]] est; cum incertis rumoribus serviant, et [[plerique]] ad voluntatem eorum ficta respondeant, Caes. B. G. 4, 5; cf.: aliquid rumore ac famā accipere ... falsis rumoribus terreri, id. ib. 6, 20: [[multa]] [[rumor]] perferet, Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1; cf. also, in the [[description]] of the [[house]] of Fame, in Ovid: mixtaque cum veris [[passim]] commenta vagantur Milia rumorum confusaque verba volutant, Ov. M. 12, 55 (v. the [[passage]] in its [[connection]]): rumoribus [[mecum]] pugnas, Cic. N. D. 3, 5, 9: rumores Africanos excipere, id. Deiot. 9, 25: [[senatus]] vulgi rumoribus exagitatus, Sall. C. 29, 1: [[multa]] [[rumor]] fingebat, Caes. B. C. 1, 53: addunt et affingunt rumoribus [[Galli]], [[quod]] res poscere videbatur, id. B. G. 7, 1: [[frigidus]] a Rostris manat per compita [[rumor]], Hor. S. 2, 6, 50 et saep. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> With the [[purport]] of the [[rumor]] introduced by an [[object]]- or [[relative]]-[[clause]]; by de, [[rarely]] by gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Postquam populi rumorem intelleximus, Studiose expetere vos Plautinas fabulas, etc., Plaut. Cas. prol. 11: cum [[interea]] [[rumor]] venit, Datum iri gladiatores; [[populus]] convolat, etc., Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 31; id. Heaut. prol. 16: crebri ad eum rumores afferebantur litterisque [[item]] Labieni certior fiebat, omnes Belgas [[contra]] populum Romanum conjurare, etc., Caes. B. G. 2, 1: [[meum]] gnatum [[rumor]] est [[amare]], Ter. And. 1, 2, 14; cf.: rem te [[valde]] [[bene]] gessisse [[rumor]] erat, Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 7; id. Att. 16, 5, 1: serpit hic [[rumor]]: Scis tu illum accusationem cogitare? etc., id. Mur. 21, 45: [[crebro]] vulgi rumore lacerabatur, [[tamquam]] viros et insontes ob invidiam aut metum exstinxisset, Tac. A. 15, 73: [[subdito]] rumore, [[tamquam]] Mesopotamiam invasurus, id. ib. 6, 36.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With de: [[nihil]] perfertur ad nos [[praeter]] rumores de oppresso Dolabellā, Cic. Fam. 12, 9, 1: de Aeduorum defectione rumores afferebantur, Caes. B. G. 7, 59: de vitā imperatoris dubii rumores allati sunt, Liv. 28, 24: graves de te rumores, Cic. Deiot. 9, 25: exstinctis rumoribus de auxiliis legionum, Caes. B. C. 1, 60 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen. ([[very]] [[rare]]): cenae [[rumor]], Suet. Aug. 70: belli [[civilis]] rumores, Tac. H. 3, 45: [[rumor]] prostratae regi pudicitiae Suet. Caes. 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Common or [[general]] [[opinion]], [[current]] [[report]], the [[popular]] [[voice]]; and objectively, [[fame]], [[reputation]] ([[less]] freq. [[but]] [[class]].): famam [[atque]] rumores [[pars]] altera consensum civitatis et [[velut]] publicum [[testimonium]] vocat: altera sermonem [[sine]] ullo [[certo]] auctore dispersum, cui [[malignitas]] [[initium]] dederit, [[incrementum]] [[credulitas]], Quint. 5, 3, 1; cf.: [[adversus]] famam rumoresque hominum si [[satis]] [[firmus]] steteris, etc., Liv. 22, 39: qui erit [[rumor]] populi, si id feceris? Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 18: totam opinionem (populi) parva [[nonnumquam]] commutat [[aura]] rumoris, Cic. Mur. 17, 35: rumoribus adversa in pravitatem, secunda in casum, fortunam in temeritatem, declinando corrumpebant, [[with]] [[their]] slanders, misrepresentations, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 385, 3: quos [[rumor]] asperserat, ii, etc., Curt. 10, 31, 18: rumorem quendam et plausum popularem esse [[quaesitum]], Cic. Clu. 47, 131: rumori servire, Plaut. Trin, 3, 2, 14; cf. in the [[lusus]] verbb. [[with]] [[rumen]]: ego rumorem parvi [[facio]], dum [[sit]] [[rumen]] qui impleam, Pompon. ap. Non. 18, 15: omnem infimae [[plebis]] rumorem affectavit, Tac. H. 2, 91: [[Marcellus]] [[adverso]] rumore esse, Liv. 27, 20: flagret rumore [[malo]] cum Hic [[atque]] [[ille]], Hor. S. 1, 4, 125; Tac. H. 2, 93 fin.: invidiam alicui concitare [[secundo]] populi rumore, [[with]] the concurring or favorable [[judgment]], [[with]] the [[approbation]], Fenest. ap. Non. 385, 17; so, rumore [[secundo]], Suev. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1; old [[poet]] in Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29; Verg. A. 8, 90; Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 9; cf.: aliquid accipere [[secundo]] rumore, Tac. A. 3, 29: [[claro]] [[apud]] volgum rumore erat, id. ib. 15, 48.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., a murmuring, [[murmur]] of a [[stream]]: amoena fluenta Subterlabentis [[tacito]] rumore Mosellae, Aus. Mos. 22.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>rūmŏr</b>,⁸ ōris, m.,<br /><b>1</b> bruits vagues, bruit qui court, rumeur, nouvelles sans certitude garantie : rumore [[aut]] [[fama]] Cæs. G. 6, 20, 1, par des bruits vagues ou par la voix publique ; incerti rumores Cæs. G. 4, 5, 3, bruits sans consistance, cf. Cæs. G. 7, 1, 2 ; C. 1, 53, 2 ; Cic. Dej. 25 ; Fam. 2, 8, 1 ; rumoribus [[mecum]] pugnas Cic. Nat. 3, 13, c’[[est]] avec des on-dit que tu discutes contre moi &#124;&#124; [[rumor]] [[est]] avec prop. inf. Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 7, on dit que, le bruit court que, cf. Cic. Att. 16, 5, 1, etc. &#124;&#124; [avec de ] de [[aliquo]], de [[aliqua]] re, bruits concernant qqn, qqch. : Cic. Fam. 12, 9, 1 ; Dej. 25 ; Cæs. G. 7, 59, 1 ; C. 1, 60, 5 ; [avec gén.] Cic. Q. 3, 8, 4 ; Tac. H. 3, 45 ; Suet. Aug. 70 ; Cæs. 2<br /><b>2</b> [[propos]] colportés, opinion courante : [[rumor]] multitudinis Cic. Fin. 2, 49, [[propos]], opinion de la foule, cf. Cic. Sest. 115 ; Mur. 35 &#124;&#124; renommée : inanem aucupari rumorem Cic. Pis. 57, être en quête d’une vaine réputation, cf. Cic. Clu. 131 ; [[adverso]] rumore [[esse]] Liv. 27, 20, 10, avoir contre soi l’opinion, avoir mauvaise réputation &#124;&#124; mauvais [[propos]], malveillance publique : Curt. 10, 10, 18 ; Sall. H. 2, 15 &#124;&#124; [[secundo]] rumore, au milieu des [[propos]] favorables, avec l’approbation générale : Cic. Div. 1, 29 ; Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 9 ; Virg. En. 8, 90 ; Fenest. d. Non. 385, 17.
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{{Georges
|georg=rūmor, ōris, m. ([[wohl]] [[verwandt]] [[mit]] [[raucus]]), jedes dumpfe [[Geräusch]], I) im allg.: a) v. Lebl., [[wie]] das [[Geräusch]] der [[Ruder]], rumore [[secundo]], [[unter]] günstigem [[Ruderschlag]], Poëta vet. b. Cic. de div. 1, 29. Verg. Aen. 8, 90: das [[Murmeln]] [[des]] Wassers, [[tacito]] rumore, [[Auson]]. Mos. 22. – b) das [[Murmeln]], Summen, verworrene [[Geschrei]], das verworrene Durcheinanderrufen [[einer]] Menschenmenge, Claud. nupt. Hon. et Mar. 160: [[trepido]] rumore viciniae clamitantis [[territus]], Apul. [[met]]. 3, 27. – [[bes]]. [[oft]] rumore [[secundo]], poet. = clamore [[secundo]], [[unter]] Beifallsruf, [[mit]] lärmendem [[Beifall]], Hor. ep. 1, 10, 9. Tac. ann. 3, 29. Suev. b. Macr. [[sat]]. 6, 1, 37: [[secundo]] populi rumore, Fenest. b. Non. 385, 17. – II) prägn.: A) das erzählende, berichtende [[leise]] [[Gerede]] der [[Leute]] [[von]] [[etwas]], das dumpfe [[Gerücht]], die unverbürgte [[Nachricht]] (Ggstz. [[veritas]], s. [[Donat]]. Ter. Andr. 3, 3, 2), [[rumor]] [[inanis]], Tac. (vgl. no. B): [[rumor]] [[levis]] et [[incertus]], Suet.: rumores incerti, Caes.: rumores falsi, Caes.: [[rumor]] [[temere]] [[ortus]], Liv.: rumores a privatis [[temere]] in gratiam magistratuum conflicti, Liv.: [[primo]] rumore, Sall.: [[rumor]] [[multa]] fingit, Caes.: [[rumor]] [[multa]] perfert, Cic.: [[quod]] in totam contionem pertulit [[rumor]], Liv.: r. serpit, Cic.: [[frigidus]] a rostris manat per compita [[rumor]], Hor.: rumorem dissipare, differre, Ter. u. Nep., serere, Verg. u. Curt.: dare [[passim]] varias rumorem per urbes, Stat.: rumores Africanos excipere et [[celeriter]] ad alqm perferre, Cic.: alere de [[industria]] rumores, Liv.: evanescit [[temere]] [[ortus]] [[rumor]], Liv.: addidit alimenta rumoribus [[adventus]] [[Attali]], Liv.: affingunt rumoribus [[quod]] [[res]] poscere videbatur, Caes.: rumoribus falsis terreri, Caes.: incertis rumoribus servire, Caes. – m. Genet. caus., [[uno]] rumore periculi, [[von]] G., Cic.: cenae r., Suet. – m. de u. Abl., graves de te rumores, Cic.: exstinctis rumoribus de auxiliis legionum, Caes.; vgl. [[rumor]] [[sine]] [[satis]] [[certo]] auctore [[allatus]] de morte Ptolemaei [[regis]], [[ein]] unverbürgtes G., Liv. – [[mit]] folg. Acc. u. Infin., [[nach]] [[rumor]] venit, Ter., r. emergit, Vopisc., r. est, Ter. u. Cic., r. narrat, Mart., r. incedit, Tac., r. vulgatur, Liv.: [[nach]] crebri rumores afferebantur, Caes.: [[nach]] rumores exsistunt, Auct. b. Alex.: [[nach]] increbrescit [[rumor]], Liv.: [[nach]] rumores distulerunt malevoli, Ter. – B) das beurteilende [[Gerede]] der [[Leute]], die Volksstimme, objekt. der [[Ruf]], 1) im allg.: [[rumor]] populi, Ter.: [[fama]] rumoresque hominum, Liv.: rumore [[adverso]] [[esse]], in üblem Rufe [[stehen]], Liv.: so [[auch]] rumore [[malo]] flagrare, Hor.: [[claro]] [[apud]] vulgum rumore [[esse]], Tac.: inanem aucupari rumorem et omnes umbras [[etiam]] falsae gloriae consectari, Cic.: totam opinionem parva [[nonnumquam]] commutat [[aura]] rumoris, Cic. – 2) insbes.: a) die gute [[Meinung]], der [[Beifall]], rumori servire, Plaut.: rumorem quendam et plausum popularem [[esse]] [[quaesitum]], Cic.: [[plebis]] rumorem affectavit, Tac. – b) die üble [[Nachrede]], die [[Verleumdung]], Curt. 10, 10 (31), 18: Plur., Sall. hist. fr. 2, 30 (2, 36).
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