locutio

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Derived from loquor (“I say, speak”) +‎ -tiō (“-tion”).

Pronunciation

Noun

locūtiō f (genitive locūtiōnis); third declension

  1. The act of speaking; speech, discourse.
  2. A way of speaking; pronunciation.
  3. An utterance, word or mode of expression, phrase.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative locūtiō locūtiōnēs
Genitive locūtiōnis locūtiōnum
Dative locūtiōnī locūtiōnibus
Accusative locūtiōnem locūtiōnēs
Ablative locūtiōne locūtiōnibus
Vocative locūtiō locūtiōnēs

Descendants

References
  • “locutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “locutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • locutio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a phrase: locutio (Brut. 74. 258)
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