allegorizo
Latin
Etymology
Late Latin corruption of Ancient Greek ἀλληγορέω (allēgoréō, “I speak allegorically”), probably by analogy with other borrowings in -ίζω (-ízō) largely in Early Christian texts. Thence from ἄλλος (állos, “other”) + ἀγορεύω (agoreúō, “I speak in the assembly, harangue”), from ἀγορά (agorá, “assembly”), from ἀγείρω (ageírō, “I gather, collect”) from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to assemble; collect; gather”), cognate with Latin grex (“flock”) and English cram.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /al.leː.ɡoˈriz.zoː/, [älːʲeːɡɔˈrɪz̪d̪͡z̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /al.le.ɡoˈrid.d͡zo/, [älːeɡoˈrid̪ː͡z̪o]
Verb
allēgorizō (present infinitive allēgorizāre, perfect active allēgorizāvī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- (Late Latin) (intransitive) I speak in allegories, allegorise or allegorize.
Conjugation
Descendants
- Italian: allegorizzare
References
- “allegorizo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- allegorizo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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