oratio

== Latin == === Etymology === From ōrō (“to speak as an orator; plead; pray”) +‎ -tiō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [oːˈraː.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [oˈrat.t͡si.o] === 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ōrātiuncula pars ōrātiōnis (grammar) ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === 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, 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[1], London: Macmillan and Co. oratio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016