alloquor
Latin edit
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Etymology edit
From ad- (“to, towards”) + loquor (“I say, speak”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈal.lo.kʷor/, [ˈälːʲɔkʷɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈal.lo.kwor/, [ˈälːokwor]
Verb edit
alloquor (present infinitive alloquī, perfect active allocūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent
- to speak to, address; salute, greet
- to exhort, rouse; console, comfort
- to appeal to the gods in thanksgiving and prayer
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References edit
- “alloquor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- alloquor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.