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sermocinor

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Latin

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Etymology

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From sermō (speech, conversation) +‎ -cinor, a suffix generally thought to derive from canō (to sing; to recite). Compare Latin ratiōcinor and vāticinor. According to Gellius, this word is a corruption of sermōnor which displaced its original.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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sermōcinor (present infinitive sermōcinārī, perfect active sermōcinātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to talk, parley, converse, commune, discourse

Conjugation

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References

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  • sermocinor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sermocinor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sermocinor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.