obloquor

Latin

FWOTD – 2 May 2014

Etymology

From ob- +‎ loquor (“say, speak”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈob.lo.kʷor/, [ˈɔbɫ̪ɔkʷɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈob.lo.kwor/, [ˈɔblokwor]

Verb

obloquor (present infinitive obloquī, perfect active oblocūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent

1. to speak against someone or something; interrupt a speaker, interject
2. to gainsay, contradict

   Synonym: contrādīcō

3. to sing to, accompany or join in singing
4. to blame, condemn

   Synonyms: [Term?], obiūrgō, increpō, accūsō, incūsō, damnō, īnsector, exprobrō, corripiō, crīminor, castīgō, obiectō, acclāmō, inclāmō, compello, pulsō, arguō, perstringō, reprehendō, animadverto

5. to rail at, reproach, abuse
6. to curse, insult

   Synonyms: īnsultō, maledicō, exsecror, compellō, invehō, intrahō, incessō

   Antonym: benedīcō

Conjugation

Conjugation of obloquor (third conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	obloquor	obloqueris, obloquere	obloquitur	obloquimur	obloquiminī	obloquuntur
	imperfect	obloquēbar	obloquēbāris, obloquēbāre	obloquēbātur	obloquēbāmur	obloquēbāminī	obloquēbantur
	future	obloquar	obloquēris, obloquēre	obloquētur	obloquēmur	obloquēminī	obloquentur
	perfect	oblocūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	oblocūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	oblocūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	obloquar	obloquāris, obloquāre	obloquātur	obloquāmur	obloquāminī	obloquantur
	imperfect	obloquerer	obloquerēris, obloquerēre	obloquerētur	obloquerēmur	obloquerēminī	obloquerentur
	perfect	oblocūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	oblocūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	obloquere	—	—	obloquiminī	—
	future	—	obloquitor	obloquitor	—	—	obloquuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		obloquī	oblocūtum esse	oblocūtūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		obloquēns	oblocūtus	oblocūtūrus	—	—	obloquendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		obloquendī	obloquendō	obloquendum	obloquendō	oblocūtum	oblocūtū

Derived terms

• oblocūtiō
• oblocūtor
• obloquium

Related terms

• alloquor
• circumloquor
• colloquor
• interloquor
• loquor
• praeloquor
• prōloquor
• trāloquor
• ēloquor

 

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 (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• obloquor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.