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loquor
loquor
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlo.kʷor/, [ˈɫɔ.kʷɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlo.kwor/, [ˈlɔː.kwɔr], [ˈlɔː.kwor]
Verb
loquor (present infinitive loquī, perfect active locūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent
- I say, speak, tell, talk
- c. 54 CE, Seneca the Younger, Phaedra
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Curae leues locuntur, ingentes stupent.
- Trivial concerns talk, great ones are speechless.
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Curae leues locuntur, ingentes stupent.
- Visne mecum Latine loqui? ― Do you want to speak Latin with me?
- Res ipsa loquitur. ― The matter speaks for itself.
- I declare, utter
Inflection
| Conjugation of loquor (third conjugation, deponent) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | loquor | loqueris, loquere | loquitur | loquimur | loquiminī | loquuntur |
| imperfect | loquēbar | loquēbāris, loquēbāre | loquēbātur | loquēbāmur | loquēbāminī | loquēbantur | |
| future | loquar | loquēris, loquēre | loquētur | loquēmur | loquēminī | loquentur | |
| perfect | locūtus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | locūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | locūtus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | loquar | loquāris, loquāre | loquātur | loquāmur | loquāminī | loquantur |
| imperfect | loquerer | loquerēris, loquerēre | loquerētur | loquerēmur | loquerēminī | loquerentur | |
| perfect | locūtus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | locūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | loquere | — | — | loquiminī | — |
| future | — | loquitor | loquitor | — | — | loquuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | loquī | locūtus esse | locūtūrus esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | loquēns | locūtus | locūtūrus | — | — | loquendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| loquī | loquendī | loquendō | loquendum | locūtum | locūtū | ||
Derived terms
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Related terms
- loquācitās
- loquāciter
- loquāculus
- loquēlāris
Synonyms
External links
- loquor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
References
- loquor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- loquor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “loquor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be unable to speak for emotion: prae lacrimis loqui non posse
- the matter speaks for itself: res ipsa (pro me apud te) loquitur
- to make contradictory, inconsistent statements: pugnantia loqui (Tusc. 1. 7. 13)
- (1) to speak vehemently, passionately; (2) to speak pompously, boastfully: magnifice loqui, dicere
- (1) to speak Latin, (2) to speak good Latin (also bene latine), (3) to express oneself clearly: latine loqui (Brut. 45. 166)
- to speak the Greek language: graece or graeca lingua loqui
- to think one thing, say another; to conceal one's opinions: aliter sentire ac loqui (aliud sentire, aliud loqui)
- to speak personally to..: coram loqui (cum aliquo)
- speak up, please: clarius loquere
- to be unable to speak for emotion: prae lacrimis loqui non posse