diverbium

di·ver·bi·um

[dahy-vur-bee-uhm]
noun, plural di·ver·bi·a [-bee-uh] .
the spoken part of an ancient Roman drama.
Compare canticum.


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

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