_enuntiatio, enuntiatum, sententia_—the sentence, proposition.
_compositio, structura verborum_—the structure of the sentence.
_ambitus, circuitus, comprehensio, continuatio (verborum, orationis)_,
also simply _periodus_—the period.
_constructio, structura verborum, forma dicendi_—the construction.
_adiungi, addi coniunctivo_ (Marc. Cap. 3. 83)—to be used with the
conjunctive mood.
_copia, ubertas verborum_—profusion of words.
_verbis abundantem esse, abundare_—to be rich in words.
_inopia verborum_—poverty of expression.
_lectissimis verbis uti_ (De Or. 3. 37)—to employ carefully chosen
expressions.
_prisca, obsoleta_ (opp. _usitata_), _ambigua verba_—obsolete,
ambiguous expressions.
_locutio_ (Brut. 74. 258)—a phrase.
_verbo, nomine; re, re quidem vera_—nominally; really.
_si verba spectas_—literally.
_verbis alicuius_, e.g. _salutare_ (Liv. 9. 36)—in some one's name; on
some one's behalf (not _nomine alicuius_).
_haec verba sunt_ (Ter. Phorm. 3. 2. 32)—these are mere empty phrases.
_inanis verborum sonitus_—mere words; empty sound.
_inanium verborum flumen_—senseless rant.
_flosculi, rhetorum pompa_—fine, rhetorical phrases.
_voces iacere_ (Sall. Iug. 11)—to let fall an expression.
_nullum (omnino) verbum facere_—to not say a word.
_ne verbum_ (without _unum_) _quidem de aliquo facere_—to say not a
syllable about a person.
_verba facere (de aliqua re, apud aliquem)_—to speak on a subject.
_verbum ex aliquo elicere_—to extract a word from some one.
_verbis concertare_ or _altercari cum aliquo_ (B. C. 3. 19. 6)—to hold
an altercation with a man.
_verborum concertatio_—an altercation, debate.
_pauca dicere_ (_pauca verba dicere_ only of the orator)—to say only a
few words.
_omnia verba huc redeunt_—all this means to say.
_nullum verbum ex ore eius excidit_ (or simply _ei_)—no word escaped
him.
_verbo parum valere_ (Tusc. 3. 5. 11)—to unable to find a suitable
expression.
_verbum prorsus nullum intellegere_—not to understand a single word.
_huic rei deest apud nos vocabulum_—we have no expression for that.
_inducere novum verbum in latinam linguam_—to introduce a new word
into the Latin language.
_verba parere, fingere, facere_—to invent, form words.
_nominum interpretatio_—etymology (not _etymologia_).
_vocabulum,_[1] _verbum, nomen ducere ab, ex..._—to form, derive a
word from... (used of the man who first creates the word).
_verbum ductum esse a...putare_—to derive a word from... (used of an
etymologist).
_originem verbi repetere a..._—to derive a word from... (used of an
etymologist).
_nomina enodare_ or _verborum origines quaerere, indagare_—to give the
etymological explanation of words.
_nomen amicitiae_ (or simply _amicitia_) _dicitur ab amando_—the word
_amicitia_ comes from _amare_.
_in aliqua re dici_—to be used in speaking _of_ a thing.
_quid significat, sonat haec vox?_—what is the meaning, the original
sense of this word?
_quae est vis huius verbi?_—what is the meaning, the original sense of
this word?
_quae notio_ or _sententia subiecta est huic voci?_—what is the
meaning, the original sense of this word?
_vis et notio verbi, vocabuli_—the fundamental meaning of a word.
_vox, nomen carendi_ or simply _carere hoc significat_ (Tusc. 1. 36.
88)—the word _carere_ means...
_quem intellegimus sapientem?_—what do we understand by "a wise man"?
_quae intellegitur virtus_—what do we mean by "virtue"?
_quid est virtus?_—what do we mean by "virtue"?
_idem valere, significare, declarare_—to have the same meaning.
_vocabula idem fere declarantia_—synonyms.
_vocabulum latius patet_—the word has a more extended signification.
_vocabulum angustius valet_—the word has a narrow meaning.
_iracundiam sic (ita) definiunt, ut ulciscendi libidinem esse dicant_
or _ut u. libido sit_ or _iracundiam sic definiunt, ulc.
libidinem_—anger is defined as a passionate desire for revenge.
_in bonam (malam) partem accipere aliquid_—to take a thing in good
(bad) part.
_aemulatio dupliciter dicitur, ut et in laude et in vitio hoc nomen
sit_—the word _aemulatio_ is employed with two meanings, in a good and
a bad sense.
_verba ac litteras_ or _scriptum (legis) sequi_ (opp. _sententia_ the
spirit)—to hold by the letter (of the law).
_hoc vocabulum generis neutri_ (not _neutrius_) _est_)—this word is
neuter.
_ordo verborum_ (Or. 63. 214)—the order of words.
_vocabulum proprium_—the proper term; a word used strictly.
_verbum translatum_ (Or. 27. 92)—a figurative expression; a word used
metaphorically.
_translatio_—a metaphor.
_verba composita_[2]—well-arranged words.
_verborum immutatio_—a trope; metonymy.
_continua translatio_ (Or. 27. 94)—an allegory; continuous metaphor.
_simili uti_—to employ a comparison, simile.
_dissimulatio_ (Off. 1. 30. 108)—irony.
_vetus (verbum) est_ (c. Acc. c. Inf.)—it was said long ago that...
_ut est in proverbio_—as the proverb says.
_ut_ or _quod_ or _quomodo aiunt, ut_ or _quemadmodum dicitur_—as the
proverb says.
_in proverbii consuetudinem_ or simply _in proverbium venire_—to pass
into a proverb.
_proverbii locum obtinere_ (Tusc. 4. 16. 36)—to be used as a proverb.
_hoc est Graecis hominibus in proverbio_—this is a proverb among the
Greeks.
_bene illo Graecorum proverbio praecipitur_—that Greek proverb
contains an excellent lesson.
_vetamur vetere proverbio_—an old proverb tells us not to...
_proverbium vetustate_ or _sermone tritum_ (_vid._ sect. II. 3, note
_tritus..._)—an old proverb which every one knows.
_syllabam, litteram producere_ (opp. _corripere_) (Quintil. 9. 4.
89)—to lengthen the pronunciation of a syllable or letter.
_haec vox longa syllaba terminatur, in longam syllabam cadit,
exit_—this word ends in a long syllable.
_oriri a longa_ (De Or. 1. 55. 236)—to begin with a long syllable.
_syllabarum auceps_—a verbal, petty critic; a caviller.
_verborum aucupium_ or _captatio_—minute, pedantic carping at words.
_litteras exprimere_ (opp. _obscurare_)—to pronounce the syllables
distinctly.
_ad litteram, litterate_—to the letter; literally.
_litterarum_[3] _ordo_—the alphabet.
_litterae, elementa_—the alphabet.
_ad litteram_ or _litterarum ordine digerere_—to arrange in
alphabetical order.
[1] _verbum derivare_ means to form new words from words which exist
already, e.g. by adding a syllable, _Atrides_ from _Atreus_. For
word-building, cf. Cic. De Or. 3. 37 and 38; Hor. A. P. 46.
[2] Compound words = _verba copulata, iuncta_ (Or. 48. 159),
_coniuncta_, cf. Cic. De Or. 3. 38. 154.
[3] Cf. _quarta elementorum littera_, the fourth letter of the
alphabet (Suet. Iul. 56).