oratio
Latin
Etymology
From ōrō (“to speak as an orator; plead; pray”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /oːˈraː.ti.oː/, [oːˈräːt̪ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈrat.t͡si.o/, [oˈrät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
ōrātiō f (genitive ōrātiōnis); third declension
- speech, discourse, language
- the power of speech
- manner or style of speaking
- oration, public speech
- Synonym: cōntiō
- eloquence
- sentence or clause expressing a complete sense
- imperial message
- prayer or address to a deity
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ōrātiō | ōrātiōnēs |
| Genitive | ōrātiōnis | ōrātiōnum |
| Dative | ōrātiōnī | ōrātiōnibus |
| Accusative | ōrātiōnem | ōrātiōnēs |
| Ablative | ōrātiōne | ōrātiōnibus |
| Vocative | ōrātiō | ōrātiōnēs |
Derived terms
- pars ōrātiōnis (grammar)
Related terms
- ōrāculum
- ōrātor
- ōrātōriē
- ōrātōrius
- ōrātum
- ōrō
Descendants
- Aromanian: urãciuni
- Galician: oración
- Old French: oroison, oraison, oreison, oreson
- Middle French: oroison, oraison
- French: oraison
- → Middle English: orisoun
- English: orison
- Middle French: oroison, oraison
- Old Portuguese: oraçon
- Portuguese: oração
- Piedmontese: orassion
- Romagnol: urazion
- Romansch: uraziun, oraziun, uraztgùn, urazchun
- Romanian: urăciune
- Sardinian: orascione, orassione, oratzioni
- Venetian: oražion
- → Proto-Brythonic: *arọd (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Irish: oráit (see there for further descendants)
- → Catalan: oració
- → English: oration
- → Italian: orazione
- → Polish: oracja
- → Romanian: orație
- → Spanish: oración
References
- “oratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “oratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- oratio 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)
- oratio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- his words find an easy hearing, are listened to with pleasure: oratio in aures influit
- a funeral oration: oratio funebris
- to compose a speech: orationem conficere
- to prepare, get up a speech: orationem commentari (Fam. 16. 26)
- a prepared speech: oratio meditata (Plin. 26. 3. 7)
- an extempore speech: oratio subita
- a continuous discourse: oratio perpetua
- a carefully prepared speech: oratio accurata et polita
- an elaborate speech: oratio composita
- to make a speech: orationem habere (Tusc. 5. 33. 94)
- to obtain a hearing: audientiam sibi (orationi) facere
- style: genus dicendi (scribendi); oratio
- a running style: fusum orationis genus
- a bombastic style: inflatum orationis genus
- a bombastic style: oratio altius exaggerata
- the exalted strain of the speech: elatio atque altitudo orationis
- an easy, fluent style: expedita et facile currens oratio
- an easy, fluent style: oratio aequabiliter fluens
- flow of oratory: flumen orationis (De Or. 2. 15. 62)
- the plain style: siccitas, sanitas orationis
- the plain style: verborum tenuitias, oratio subtilis
- the dry, lifeless style: oratio exilis, ieiuna, arida, exsanguis
- well-chosen language, grace of style: ornatus orationis, verborum
- tasteful description: elegantia orationis
- pure, correct language: oratio pura, pura et emendata
- purity of style: integritas, sinceritas orationis (not puritas)
- incorrect language: oratio inquinata (De Opt. Gen. Or. 3. 7)
- Cato's speeches sound archaic: orationes Catonis antiquitatem redolent (Brut. 21. 82)
- there is a flavour of Atticism about his discourse: ex illius orationibus ipsae Athenae redolent
- prose: oratio soluta (not prosa) or simply oratio
- his style has a well-balanced cadence: oratio numerose cadit
- to make a speech rhythmical: numeris orationem astringere, vincire
- a full and copious style of speech: ubertas (not divitiae) et copia orationis
- to express clearly, make a lifelike representation of a thing: exprimere aliquid verbis or oratione (vid. sect. VI. 3, note adumbrare...)
- the connection: contextus orationis (not nexus, conexus sententiarum)
- the circumstances are described in language worthy of them: rebus ipsis par est oratio
- to interpolate, insert something: includere in orationem aliquid
- to interpolate, insert something: inserere orationi aliquid
- a rather recondite speech: oratio longius repetita (De Or. 3. 24. 91)
- to express oneself in popular language: ad vulgarem sensum or ad communem opinionem orationem accommodare (Off. 2. 10. 35)
- to read a speech: de scripto orationem habere, dicere (opp. sine scripto, ex memoria)
- but to return from the digression we have been making: sed redeat, unde aberravit oratio
- but to return from the digression we have been making: verum ut ad id, unde digressa est oratio, revertamur
- to intersperse one's speech with humorous remarks: aspergere sales orationi (Or. 26. 87)
- a mistake, solecism: vitium orationis, sermonis or simply vitium
- to be unable to express one's ideas: orationis expertem esse
- the period: ambitus, circuitus, comprehensio, continuatio (verborum, orationis), also simply periodus
- the book, speech can easily be obtained: liber, oratio in manibus est
- the text of the author (not textus): verba, oratio, exemplum scriptoris
- I avoid mentioning...; I prefer not to touch upon..: supersedeo oratione (not dicere)
- his words find an easy hearing, are listened to with pleasure: oratio in aures influit
- oratio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016