allocutio
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [al.lɔˈkuː.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [al.loˈkut̪.t̪͡s̪i.o]
Noun
allocūtiō f (genitive allocūtiōnis); third declension
- The act of speaking to or accosting; address.
- The act of consoling or comforting; consolation, comfort; exhortation.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | allocūtiō | allocūtiōnēs |
| genitive | allocūtiōnis | allocūtiōnum |
| dative | allocūtiōnī | allocūtiōnibus |
| accusative | allocūtiōnem | allocūtiōnēs |
| ablative | allocūtiōne | allocūtiōnibus |
| vocative | allocūtiō | allocūtiōnēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: al·locució
- English: allocution
- French: allocution
- Italian: allocuzione
- Portuguese: alocução
- Romanian: alocuție, alocuțiune
- Spanish: alocución
References
- “allocutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- allocutio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.