allocutio

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From alloquor +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

allocūtiō f (genitive allocūtiōnis); third declension

  1. The act of speaking to or accosting; address.
  2. The act of consoling or comforting; consolation, comfort; exhortation.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative allocūtiō allocūtiōnēs
Genitive allocūtiōnis allocūtiōnum
Dative allocūtiōnī allocūtiōnibus
Accusative allocūtiōnem allocūtiōnēs
Ablative allocūtiōne allocūtiōnibus
Vocative allocūtiō allocūtiōnēs

Descendants

References

  • “allocutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • allocutio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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