alloquium

Latin

Etymology

From alloquor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /alˈlo.kʷi.um/, [älˈlʲɔkʷiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /alˈlo.kwi.um/, [älˈlɔːkwium]

Noun

alloquium n (genitive alloquiī or alloquī); second declension

1. a speaking to, addressing, an address (exhortation encouragement, consolation, etc.) (Post-Augustan)

   Synonyms: colloquium, sermo

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alloquium	alloquia
Genitive	alloquiī alloquī1	alloquiōrum
Dative	alloquiō	alloquiīs
Accusative	alloquium	alloquia
Ablative	alloquiō	alloquiīs
Vocative	alloquium	alloquia

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

References

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