Latin edit

Etymology edit

From prae- (pre-) +‎ loquor (I say, speak).

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Verb edit

praeloquor (present infinitive praeloquī, perfect active praelocūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent

  1. to speak beforehand or first, speak before another, forestall in speaking
  2. to say beforehand in the way of a preface, premise
  3. to foretell, predict

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of praeloquor (third conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present praeloquor praeloqueris,
praeloquere
praeloquitur praeloquimur praeloquiminī praeloquuntur
imperfect praeloquēbar praeloquēbāris,
praeloquēbāre
praeloquēbātur praeloquēbāmur praeloquēbāminī praeloquēbantur
future praeloquar praeloquēris,
praeloquēre
praeloquētur praeloquēmur praeloquēminī praeloquentur
perfect praelocūtus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect praelocūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect praelocūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present praeloquar praeloquāris,
praeloquāre
praeloquātur praeloquāmur praeloquāminī praeloquantur
imperfect praeloquerer praeloquerēris,
praeloquerēre
praeloquerētur praeloquerēmur praeloquerēminī praeloquerentur
perfect praelocūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect praelocūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present praeloquere praeloquiminī
future praeloquitor praeloquitor praeloquuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives praeloquī praelocūtum esse praelocūtūrum esse
participles praeloquēns praelocūtus praelocūtūrus praeloquendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
praeloquendī praeloquendō praeloquendum praeloquendō praelocūtum praelocūtū

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References edit

  • praeloquor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • praeloquor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette