anteloquium

Latin

Etymology

From ante (“before”) +‎ loquor (“say, speak”) +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /an.teˈlo.kʷi.um/, [än̪t̪ɛˈɫ̪ɔkʷiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /an.teˈlo.kwi.um/, [än̪t̪eˈlɔːkwium]

Noun

anteloquium n (genitive anteloquiī or anteloquī); second declension

1. The right of speaking before another.
2. An introduction, preface, prologue, proem.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	anteloquium	anteloquia
genitive	anteloquiī anteloquī1	anteloquiōrum
dative	anteloquiō	anteloquiīs
accusative	anteloquium	anteloquia
ablative	anteloquiō	anteloquiīs
vocative	anteloquium	anteloquia

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

Synonyms

• (introduction, preface): introitus, praefātiō, prooemium

Related terms

• locūtiō
• locūtor
• locūtulēius
• locūtuleus
• locūtus
• loquācitās
• loquāciter
• loquāculus
• loquāx
• loquēla
• loquēlāris
• loquentia
• loquor

Descendants

• English: anteloquy

References

• “anteloquium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• anteloquium 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)
• anteloquium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• anteloquium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016