[ˈruː.mɔr], [ˈruː.mor]
OrigoFrom Proto-Italic *roumōs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewH- (“to shout, to roar”).
- declension-3rumor, hearsay, gossip
“His rebus atque auditionibus permoti de summis saepe rebus consilia ineunt, quorum eos in vestigio paenitere necesse est, cum incertis rumoribus serviant et pleri ad voluntatem eorum ficta respondeant” — (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- declension-3the voice of the people, the common opinion; (also) fame, reputation
“Quid quaeris? Vivo et regno, simul ista reliqui
Quae vos ad caelum fertis rumore secundo,
Utque sacerdotis fugitivus liba recuso,” — What do you want from me? I live, I am my own master, I left behind the self same things you by common approval so eagerly covet, like the fugitive I have no right to the priest's blessed cake, but br
- declension-3, figuratively, poeticrustle, murmur, a murmuring
Formaerūmor(canonical, masculine) · rūmōris(genitive) · rūmor(nominative, singular) · rūmōrēs(nominative, plural) · rūmōris(genitive, singular) · rūmōrum(genitive, plural) · rūmōrī(dative, singular) · rūmōribus(dative, plural) · rūmōrem(accusative, singular) · rūmōrēs(accusative, plural) · rūmōre(ablative, singular) · rūmōribus(ablative, plural) · rūmor(singular, vocative) · rūmōrēs(plural, vocative)
Fons: Vicitionarium