loquor

== Latin == === Etymology === De Vaan suggests a derivation from Proto-Italic *tlokʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European *tlokʷ-, from Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ-. The perfect participle locūtus was probably formed in analogy to the type represented by solūtus, which exists beside the perfect form soluī and the base verb solvō. For cognates, compare Sanskrit तर्क (tarka, “conjecture”), Old Church Slavonic тлъкъ (tlŭkŭ, “interpreter”) and Old Irish do·tluchethar (“to ask”), ad·tluchedar (“to thank”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫɔ.kʷɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlɔː.kʷor] Hyphenation: lo‧quor === Verb === loquor (present infinitive loquī or loquier, perfect active locūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent (ambitransitive) to say, speak, tell, talk, utter Synonyms: aio, effor, for, dīcō, inquam, alloquor, oro Vīsne mēcum latīnē loquī? ― Do you want to speak Latin with me? Rēs ipsa loquitur. ― The matter speaks for itself. to declare, speak, or state more formally as in a legal context or in defense of someone or something ==== Conjugation ==== 1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “lŏquor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press loquor in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, columns 702–703 R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “loqui”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC “lŏquor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 921. Harm Pinkster, editor (2018), “loquor”, in Woordenboek Latijn/Nederlands‎[2], 7th revised edition, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC Latino-Sinicum [ = 說／说 (shuō), 言 (yán), 啟口／启口 (qǐkǒu), 談說/谈说 (tán shuō)], in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011 “loquor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[3], London: Macmillan and Co.