anteloquium

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Latin

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Etymology

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From ante (before) +‎ loquor (say, speak) +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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anteloquium n (genitive anteloquiī or anteloquī); second declension

  1. The right of speaking before another.
  2. An introduction, preface, prologue, proem.

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative anteloquium anteloquia
Genitive anteloquiī
anteloquī1
anteloquiōrum
Dative anteloquiō anteloquiīs
Accusative anteloquium anteloquia
Ablative anteloquiō anteloquiīs
Vocative anteloquium anteloquia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • English: anteloquy

References

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  • anteloquium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • anteloquium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • anteloquium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • anteloquium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016