colloquor Latin · revision 31727

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *tlokʷ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈkɔl.lɔ.kʷɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈkɔl.lo.kʷor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''colloquor''' (present infinitive colloquī, perfect active collocūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''conloquor''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|con-|loquor|t2=to speak]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) The verb [[m|la|loquor]] goes back to [[ine-pro|*tlokʷ-|t=to talk]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sga|ad·tluchedar|t=gives thanks]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first examples in the OLD are from Plautus, as in the ''Persa'' “when you see me talking with the pimp”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to talk or converse with someone, and transitively to speak to a person or discuss matters, as Nepos' “the things I want to discuss with you”.^(OLD 2012) In Caesar it is to hold talks or negotiate, and as a military term to hold a parley.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “converse together, negotiate with”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of talking with someone.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of parleys.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 100–24 BC – Nepos of discussing matters.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To talk together, [[m|en|converse]]; to speak to.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|discuss]]; to [[m|en|negotiate]]; to hold a [[m|en|parley]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[collocūtiō]]

+ * [[collocūtor]]

+ * [[colloquium]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[loquor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}