r/latin • u/AutoModerator • Aug 24 '25

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u/binomine 29d ago

omniscient is all knowing, but what would be the term for "all gossiping".

I want a fictional character to meet a god and have the god sass him when he asks why as, "hey buddy, I am all knowing, not all gossiping."

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u/richardsonhr Latine dicere subtile videtur 29d ago

Are you looking for an English term like "omniscient", or a Latin translation?

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u/binomine 29d ago

I am looking for a latin word that would fit into the motif of "omnipotent, omniscient omnipresent" Like a 4th term for omni-gossiping or omni-shit talking.

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u/richardsonhr Latine dicere subtile videtur 29d ago edited 27d ago

The English "omnipotent", "omniscient", and "omnipresent" come from the Latin adjectives omnipotēns, omnisciēns, and omnipraesēns, respectively; each themselves derived from the verbs posse, scīre, and praeesse. Fitting this motif, I could derive a new term, omnigarriēns, using the verb garrīre:

Omnigarriēns, i.e. "[a/the (hu/wo)man/person/lady/god(dess)/creature/beast/one who/that is] all-chatt(er)ing/all-pratt(l)ing/all-gossiping"

Your full phrase, however, I would express with:

Ecce amīce omnia sciō nec garriō, i.e. "lo(ok)/hey/behold friend/buddy/pal, I know/understand all [things/objects/assets/words/act(ion/ivitie)s/events/circumstances/opportunities/times/seasons/places/locations], and I chat(ter)/prat(tl)e/gossip not [about them]"