locutio

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Derived from loquor (“I say, speak”) +‎ -tiō (“-tion”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /loˈkuː.ti.oː/, [ɫɔˈkuː.ti.oː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /loˈku.t͡si.o/, [loˈkuː.t͡si.o]

Noun

locūtiō f (genitive locūtiōnis); third declension

  1. The act of speaking; speech, discourse.
  2. A way of speaking; pronunciation.
  3. An utterance, word or mode of expression, phrase.
Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative locūtiō locūtiōnēs
Genitive locūtiōnis locūtiōnum
Dative locūtiōnī locūtiōnibus
Accusative locūtiōnem locūtiōnēs
Ablative locūtiōne locūtiōnibus
Vocative locūtiō locūtiōnēs
Descendants

References
  • locutio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • locutio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • locutio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a phrase: locutio (Brut. 74. 258)
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