allocutio

Latin

Alternative forms

adlocūtiō

Etymology

From alloquor +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /al.loˈkuː.ti.oː/, [älːʲɔˈkuːt̪ioː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /al.loˈkut.t͡si.o/, [älːoˈkut̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

allocūtiō f (genitive allocūtiōnis); third declension

The act of speaking to or accosting; address.
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.

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