circumloquor

Latin

Etymology

From circum- (“around, about”) +‎ loquor (“I say, speak”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɪrˈkʊm.ɫɔ.kʷɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃirˈkum.lo.kʷor]

Verb

circumloquor (present infinitive circumloquī, perfect active circumlocūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent

1. to make use of circumlocution or periphrasis, circumlocute

Conjugation

   Conjugation of circumloquor (third conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	circumloquor		circumloqueris, circumloquere		circumloquitur		circumloquimur		circumloquiminī		circumloquuntur
	imperfect	circumloquēbar		circumloquēbāris, circumloquēbāre		circumloquēbātur		circumloquēbāmur		circumloquēbāminī		circumloquēbantur
	future	circumloquar		circumloquēris, circumloquēre		circumloquētur		circumloquēmur		circumloquēminī		circumloquentur
	perfect	circumlocūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	circumlocūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	circumlocūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	circumloquar		circumloquāris, circumloquāre		circumloquātur		circumloquāmur		circumloquāminī		circumloquantur
	imperfect	circumloquerer		circumloquerēris, circumloquerēre		circumloquerētur		circumloquerēmur		circumloquerēminī		circumloquerentur
	perfect	circumlocūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	circumlocūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		circumloquere		—		—		circumloquiminī		—
	future	—		circumloquitor		circumloquitor		—		—		circumloquuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		circumloquī			—			circumloquēns			—
future		circumlocūtūrum esse			—			circumlocūtūrus			circumloquendus
perfect		circumlocūtum esse			—			circumlocūtus			—
future perfect		circumlocūtum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		circumlocūtūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		circumloquendī		circumloquendō		circumloquendum		circumloquendō		circumlocūtum		circumlocūtū

Related terms

• alloquor
• circumlocūtiō
• colloquor
• ēloquor
• interloquor
• loquor
• obloquor
• praeloquor
• prōloquor
• trāloquor

References

• “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.