English → Latin
“palaver” in Latin
cantilēnasong, melody; harmony; musicdēclāmātiōdeclamation (oratorical delivery)gerraewattled twigs; trifles, nonsensenūgaejokes, jests; trifles; worthless peopleblanditiaflattery, compliment; caress; charmblandīmentumblandishment, flattery; allure, charmlēnōciniumpandering, pimping, prostitution; allurement, enticement; flattery
The English word palaver itself goes back to Latin parabola.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
palaver s.
Superfluous talk, cantilena (Brut., ap. Cic.); declamatio (Auct., Dial. de Orat.); gerrae; nugae.
Adulatory language, blanditiae; blandimenta, plur., (Cic.); lenocinium (Tac.). (The words are found in this connection and order.) blanditiae et assentationes.
palaver v.
To talk superfluously, inania fundere verba; multum esse in loquendo.
To use adulatory language, blanditias dicere alicui (Ov.); blandiri alicui; blandis verbis or blandimentis permulcere aliquem (after Cic.); animum alicujus blandis verbis delinire (Plin.); auribus alicujus servire (Caes.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for palaver?
- The usual Latin words for “palaver” are cantilēna, dēclāmātiō, gerrae; also nūgae, blanditia, blandīmentum. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.