proloquium

Latin

Etymology

Derived from prōloquor (“I enunciate, express”) +‎ -ium (nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proːˈlo.kʷi.um/, [proːˈɫ̪ɔkʷiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈlo.kwi.um/, [proˈlɔːkwium]

Noun

prōloquium n (genitive prōloquiī or prōloquī); second declension

1. enunciation
2. exposition

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	prōloquium	prōloquia
Genitive	prōloquiī prōloquī1	prōloquiōrum
Dative	prōloquiō	prōloquiīs
Accusative	prōloquium	prōloquia
Ablative	prōloquiō	prōloquiīs
Vocative	prōloquium	prōloquia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Italian: proloquio
• Spanish: proloquio

References

• “proloquium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• proloquium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• proloquium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.