proloquor Latin · revision 32637

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈproː.ɫɔ.kʷɔr]^(Wiktionary)

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''prōloquor''' (present infinitive prōloquī, perfect active prōlocūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|prō-|loquor|t2=to speak]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|loquor]] to [[itc-pro|*tlokʷ-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*tlokʷ-|t=to talk]], comparing [[sga|ad·tluchedar|t=gives thanks]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008) In the OLD's earliest quotations a character is told to go on speaking as he began, and another that he ought to speak the truth.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to speak out, give voice, and to utter words or thoughts.^(OLD 2012) Varro explains it as bringing out in speech what one had in mind.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) It is also to reveal or announce: in Ennius a character will proclaim Medea's misery to heaven and earth.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short call it mostly early and poetic, not found in Cicero, Caesar or Quintilian, and Wiktionary adds the sense to foretell.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Its derivative [[proloquium|alt=prōloquium]], a statement or axiom, dates from Varro.^(de Vaan 2008) Church Latin glosses it to declare, speak out.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of speaking out and telling the truth.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of proclaiming Medea's misery.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro explains it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To speak out, give voice; to [[m|en|utter]] words or thoughts.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To reveal in words, [[m|en|announce]], declare.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To foretell, predict.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[prōlocūtiō]]

+ * [[prōlocūtor]]

+ * [[prōloquium]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[alloquor]]

+ * [[circumloquor]]

+ * [[colloquor]]

+ * [[ēloquor]]

+ * [[interloquor]]

+ * [[loquor]]

+ * [[obloquor]]

+ * [[praeloquor]]

+ * [[trāloquor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}