small-talk
SMALL-TALK
garritus (late): or by circumlocution with garrire quicquid in buccam.
garritus (late): or by circumlocution with garrire quicquid in buccam.
small-talk: garrītus, ūs, Sid. Ep. 3, 6, med.: expr. also by periphr.: when we are face to face and indulge in s., cum coram sumus et garrimus quidquid in buccam (sc. venit: i. e. whatever comes uppermost), Cic. Att. 12, 1, 2: cf. vario sermone garrimus, Petr. 55: see also CHAT (subs.): and for bad sense, v. CHATTERING (II.), BABBLING .