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Latin
Etymology
From ob- + loquor (“say, speak”).
Pronunciation
Verb
obloquor (present infinitive obloquī, perfect active oblocūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent
- to speak against someone or something; interrupt a speaker, interject
- to gainsay, contradict
- Synonym: contrādīcō
- to sing to, accompany or join in singing
- to blame, condemn
- Synonyms: obiūrgō, increpō, accūsō, incūsō, damnō, īnsector, exprobrō, corripiō, crīminor, castīgō, obiectō, acclāmō, inclāmō, compello, pulsō, arguō, perstringō, reprehendō, animadverto
- to rail at, reproach, abuse
- to curse, insult
- Synonyms: īnsultō, maledicō, exsecror, compellō, invehō, intrahō, incessō
- Antonym: benedīcō
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References
- “obloquor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obloquor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obloquor in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- obloquor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.