Latin

Noun

ōrātiō f ‎(genitive ōrātiōnis); third declension

1. speech, discourse, language
2. the power of speech
3. manner or style of speaking
4. oration
5. eloquence
6. sentence or clause expressing a complete sense
7. imperial message
8. prayer or address to a deity

Inflection

Third declension.

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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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “oratio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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)
    
• oratio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016