circumloquor

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.

Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor.

Latin circus

Latin circum

Latin circum-

Latin loquor

Latin circumloquor

From circum- (“around, about”) + loquor (“to say, speak”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɪrˈkʊm.ɫɔ.kʷɔr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃirˈkum.lo.kʷor]

Verb

circumloquor (present infinitive circumloquī, perfect active circumlocūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent

to make use of circumlocution or periphrasis, circumlocute

Conjugation

Conjugation of circumloquor (third conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	circumloquor	circumloqueris, circumloquere		circumloquitur	circumloquimur	circumloquiminī		circumloquuntur
	imperfect	circumloquēbar	circumloquēbāris, circumloquēbāre		circumloquēbātur	circumloquēbāmur	circumloquēbāminī		circumloquēbantur
	future	circumloquar	circumloquēris, circumloquēre		circumloquētur	circumloquēmur	circumloquēminī		circumloquentur
	perfect	circumlocūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	circumlocūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	circumlocūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	circumloquar	circumloquāris, circumloquāre		circumloquātur	circumloquāmur	circumloquāminī		circumloquantur
	imperfect	circumloquerer	circumloquerēris, circumloquerēre		circumloquerētur	circumloquerēmur	circumloquerēminī		circumloquerentur
	perfect	circumlocūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	circumlocūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	circumloquere		—	—	circumloquiminī		—
active	future	—	circumloquitor		circumloquitor	—	—		circumloquuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		circumloquī		—		circumloquēns		—
future		circumlocūtūrum esse		—		circumlocūtūrus		circumloquendus
perfect		circumlocūtum esse		—		circumlocūtus		—
future perfect		circumlocūtum fore		—		—		—
perfect potential		circumlocūtūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		circumloquendī	circumloquendō		circumloquendum	circumloquendō	circumlocūtum		circumlocūtū

Related terms

References

“circumloquor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“circumloquor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.