praelocutio

Latin

Etymology

From prae- (“pre-”) +‎ locūtiō (“phrase, expression”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /prae̯.loˈkuː.ti.oː/, [präe̯ɫ̪ɔˈkuːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pre.loˈkut.t͡si.o/, [preloˈkut̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

praelocūtiō f (genitive praelocūtiōnis); third declension

1. preface, foreword

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	praelocūtiō	praelocūtiōnēs
Genitive	praelocūtiōnis	praelocūtiōnum
Dative	praelocūtiōnī	praelocūtiōnibus
Accusative	praelocūtiōnem	praelocūtiōnēs
Ablative	praelocūtiōne	praelocūtiōnibus
Vocative	praelocūtiō	praelocūtiōnēs

Descendants

English: prelocution

References

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