circumloquor
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From circum- (“around, about”) + loquor (“I say, speak”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kirˈkum.lo.kʷor/, [kɪrˈkʊmɫ̪ɔkʷɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃirˈkum.lo.kwor/, [t͡ʃirˈkumlokwor]
Verb edit
circumloquor (present infinitive circumloquī, perfect active circumlocūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent
- to make use of circumlocution or periphrasis, circumlocute
Conjugation edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “circumloquor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- circumloquor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.