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Latin
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Etymology
From con- + loquor.
Pronunciation
Verb
colloquor (present infinitive colloquī, perfect active collocūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent
- to speak to, talk together, converse, discuss, hold a conversation, parley or a conference
- Synonyms: disserō, agō, commūtō
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References
- “colloquor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- colloquor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to correspond with some one: colloqui cum aliquo per litteras
- to isolate a witness: aliquem a ceteris separare et in arcam conicere ne quis cum eo colloqui possit (Mil. 22. 60)