obloquor

Latin

FWOTD – 2 May 2014

Etymology

From ob- +‎ loquor (“say, speak”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈob.lo.kʷor/, [ˈɔbɫ̪ɔkʷɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈob.lo.kwor/, [ˈɔblokwor]

Verb

obloquor (present infinitive obloquī, perfect active oblocūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent

1. to speak against someone or something; interrupt a speaker, interject
2. to gainsay, contradict

   Synonym: contrādīcō

3. to sing to, accompany or join in singing
4. to blame, condemn

   Synonyms: obiūrgō, increpō, accūsō, incūsō, damnō, īnsector, exprobrō, corripiō, crīminor, castīgō, obiectō, acclāmō, inclāmō, compello, pulsō, arguō, perstringō, reprehendō, animadverto

5. to rail at, reproach, abuse
6. to curse, insult

   Synonyms: īnsultō, maledicō, exsecror, compellō, invehō, intrahō, incessō

   Antonym: benedīcō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of obloquor (third conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	obloquor		obloqueris, obloquere		obloquitur		obloquimur		obloquiminī		obloquuntur
	imperfect	obloquēbar		obloquēbāris, obloquēbāre		obloquēbātur		obloquēbāmur		obloquēbāminī		obloquēbantur
	future	obloquar		obloquēris, obloquēre		obloquētur		obloquēmur		obloquēminī		obloquentur
	perfect	oblocūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	oblocūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	oblocūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	obloquar		obloquāris, obloquāre		obloquātur		obloquāmur		obloquāminī		obloquantur
	imperfect	obloquerer		obloquerēris, obloquerēre		obloquerētur		obloquerēmur		obloquerēminī		obloquerentur
	perfect	oblocūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	oblocūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		obloquere		—		—		obloquiminī		—
	future	—		obloquitor		obloquitor		—		—		obloquuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		obloquī			—			obloquēns			—
future		oblocūtūrum esse			—			oblocūtūrus			obloquendus
perfect		oblocūtum esse			—			oblocūtus			—
future perfect		oblocūtum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		oblocūtūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		obloquendī		obloquendō		obloquendum		obloquendō		oblocūtum		oblocūtū

Derived terms

• oblocūtiō
• oblocūtor
• obloquium

Related terms

• alloquor
• circumloquor
• colloquor
• ēloquor
• interloquor
• loquor
• praeloquor
• prōloquor
• trāloquor

References

• “obloquor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “obloquor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• obloquor in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• obloquor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.