praeloquor
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From prae- (“pre-”) + loquor (“I say, speak”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈprae̯.lo.kʷor/, [ˈpräe̯ɫ̪ɔkʷɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpre.lo.kwor/, [ˈprɛːlokwor]
Verb[edit]
praeloquor (present infinitive praeloquī, perfect active praelocūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent
- to speak beforehand or first, speak before another, forestall in speaking
- to say beforehand in the way of a preface, premise
- to foretell, predict
Conjugation[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- (foretell): prōloquor
Derived terms[edit]
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References[edit]
- “praeloquor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- praeloquor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.