alloquium

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Latin

Etymology

From alloquor.

Pronunciation

Noun

alloquium n (genitive alloquiī or alloquī); second declension

  1. a speaking to, addressing, an address (exhortation encouragement, consolation, etc.) (Post-Augustan)
    Synonyms: colloquium, sermo

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative alloquium alloquia
genitive alloquiī
alloquī1
alloquiōrum
dative alloquiō alloquiīs
accusative alloquium alloquia
ablative alloquiō alloquiīs
vocative alloquium alloquia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

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