allegorizo

Latin

Etymology

Late Latin corruption of Ancient Greek ἀλληγορέω (allēgoréō, “I speak allegorically”), probably by analogy with other borrowings in -ίζω (-ízō) largely in Early Christian texts. Thence from ἄλλος (állos, “other”) + ἀγορεύω (agoreúō, “I speak in the assembly, harangue”), from ἀγορά (agorá, “assembly”), from ἀγείρω (ageírō, “I gather, collect”) from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“to assemble; collect; gather”), cognate with Latin grex (“flock”) and English cram.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /al.leː.ɡoˈriz.zoː/, [älːʲeːɡɔˈrɪz̪ːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /al.le.ɡoˈrid.d͡zo/, [älːeɡoˈrid̪ː͡z̪o]

Verb

allēgorizō (present infinitive allēgorizāre, perfect active allēgorizāvī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. (Late Latin) (intransitive) to speak in allegories, allegorise or allegorize
   • 208, Tertullianus, Adversus Marcionem, IV.xvii.12:

     Multo enim haec congruentius in ipsos interpretabimur, quae Christus in homines allegorizavit, non in duos deos, secundum scandalum Marcionis.

     For in applying to these heretics the figurative words which Christ used of men in general, we shall make a much more suitable interpretation of them than if we were to deduce out of them two gods, according to Marcion's grievous exposition. (Source of translation)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of allēgorizō (first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	allēgorizō		allēgorizās		allēgorizat		allēgorizāmus		allēgorizātis		allēgorizant
	imperfect	allēgorizābam		allēgorizābās		allēgorizābat		allēgorizābāmus		allēgorizābātis		allēgorizābant
	future	allēgorizābō		allēgorizābis		allēgorizābit		allēgorizābimus		allēgorizābitis		allēgorizābunt
	perfect	allēgorizāvī		allēgorizāvistī		allēgorizāvit		allēgorizāvimus		allēgorizāvistis		allēgorizāvērunt, allēgorizāvēre
	pluperfect	allēgorizāveram		allēgorizāverās		allēgorizāverat		allēgorizāverāmus		allēgorizāverātis		allēgorizāverant
	future perfect	allēgorizāverō		allēgorizāveris		allēgorizāverit		allēgorizāverimus		allēgorizāveritis		allēgorizāverint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	allēgorizem		allēgorizēs		allēgorizet		allēgorizēmus		allēgorizētis		allēgorizent
	imperfect	allēgorizārem		allēgorizārēs		allēgorizāret		allēgorizārēmus		allēgorizārētis		allēgorizārent
	perfect	allēgorizāverim		allēgorizāverīs		allēgorizāverit		allēgorizāverīmus		allēgorizāverītis		allēgorizāverint
	pluperfect	allēgorizāvissem		allēgorizāvissēs		allēgorizāvisset		allēgorizāvissēmus		allēgorizāvissētis		allēgorizāvissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		allēgorizā		—		—		allēgorizāte		—
	future	—		allēgorizātō		allēgorizātō		—		allēgorizātōte		allēgorizantō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		allēgorizāre			—			allēgorizāns			—
perfect		allēgorizāvisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		allēgorizandī		allēgorizandō		allēgorizandum		allēgorizandō		—		—

Descendants

• Italian: allegorizzare
• Spanish: alegorizar
• → Polish: alegoryzować (learned)

References

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