circumloquor
Latin
Etymology
From circum- (“around, about”) + loquor (“I say, speak”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kirˈkum.lo.kʷor/, [kɪrˈkʊmɫ̪ɔkʷɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃirˈkum.lo.kwor/, [t͡ʃirˈkumlokwor]
Verb
circumloquor (present infinitive circumloquī, perfect active circumlocūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent
- I make use of circumlocution or periphrasis, circumlocute.
Conjugation
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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.