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diverbium

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[dahy-vur-bee-uhm] / daɪˈvɜr bi əm /

noun

  • diverbia
    plural
  1. the spoken part of an ancient Roman drama.


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Etymology

Origin of diverbium

< Latin; variant of dēverbium, equivalent to dē- de- + verb ( um ) word, verb + -ium -ium


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We are now fairly well informed of the tripartite diversion of the dialogue into canticum or song proper, recitative, and diverbium or spoken utterance104, with the incidental accompaniment of the tibia.

From The Dramatic Values in Plautus by Wilton Wallace Blancké

The first step was the separation of the cantica from the diverbia.

From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Harold Edgeworth Butler

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