allocutio

Latin

Alternative forms

• adlocūtiō

Etymology

From alloquor +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /al.loˈkuː.ti.oː/, [älːʲɔˈkuːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /al.loˈkut.t͡si.o/, [älːoˈkut̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

allocūtiō f (genitive allocūtiōnis); third declension

1. The act of speaking to or accosting; address.
2. The act of consoling or comforting; consolation, comfort; exhortation.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	allocūtiō	allocūtiōnēs
Genitive	allocūtiōnis	allocūtiōnum
Dative	allocūtiōnī	allocūtiōnibus
Accusative	allocūtiōnem	allocūtiōnēs
Ablative	allocūtiōne	allocūtiōnibus
Vocative	allocūtiō	allocūtiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: al·locució
• English: allocution
• French: allocution
• Italian: allocuzione
• Portuguese: alocução
• Romanian: alocuție, alocuțiune
• Spanish: alocución

References

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