anteloquium
Latin
Etymology
From ante (“before”) + loquor (“say, speak”) + -ium.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /an.teˈlo.kʷi.um/, [än̪t̪ɛˈɫ̪ɔkʷiʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /an.teˈlo.kwi.um/, [än̪t̪eˈlɔːkwium]
Noun
anteloquium n (genitive anteloquiī or anteloquī); second declension
- The right of speaking before another.
- An introduction, preface, prologue, proem.
Declension
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
- (introduction, preface): introitus, praefātiō, prooemium
Related terms
- locūtiō
- locūtor
- locūtulēius
- locūtuleus
- locūtus
- loquācitās
- loquāciter
- loquāculus
- loquāx
- loquēla
- loquēlāris
- loquentia
- loquor
Descendants
- English: anteloquy
References
- “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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016