allocutio
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /al.loˈkuː.ti.oː/, [älːʲɔˈkuːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /al.loˈkut.t͡si.o/, [älːoˈkut̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun edit
allocūtiō f (genitive allocūtiōnis); third declension
- The act of speaking to or accosting; address.
- The act of consoling or comforting; consolation, comfort; exhortation.
Declension edit
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 edit
- Catalan: al·locució
- English: allocution
- French: allocution
- Italian: allocuzione
- Portuguese: alocução
- Romanian: alocuție, alocuțiune
- Spanish: alocución
References edit
- “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.