stultiloquium

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ξένῳ δὲ σιγᾶν κρεῖττον ἢ κεκραγέναι → it's better for a stranger to keep silence than to shout (Menander)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

stultĭlŏquĭum: ii, n. id.,
I silly talk, babbling, stultiloquy, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 25; Hier. Eph. 5, 3; Vulg. Eph. 5, 4.