allegorizo

Latin

Etymology

Late Latin corruption of Ancient Greek ἀλληγορέω (allēgoréō, “I speak allegorically”), probably by analogy with other borrowings in -ίζω (-ízō) largely in Early Christian texts. Thence from ἄλλος (állos, “other”) + ἀγορεύω (agoreúō, “I speak in the assembly, harangue”), from ἀγορά (agorá, “assembly”), from ἀγείρω (ageírō, “I gather, collect”) from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“to assemble; collect; gather”), cognate with Latin grex (“flock”) and English cram.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /al.leː.ɡoˈriz.zoː/, [älːʲeːɡɔˈrɪz̪d̪͡z̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /al.le.ɡoˈrid.d͡zo/, [älːeɡoˈrid̪ː͡z̪o]

Verb

allēgorizō (present infinitive allēgorizāre, perfect active allēgorizāvī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. (Late Latin) (intransitive) to speak in allegories, allegorise or allegorize
   • 208, Tertullianus, Adversus Marcionem, IV.xvii.12:

     Multo enim haec congruentius in ipsos interpretabimur, quae Christus in homines allegorizavit, non in duos deos, secundum scandalum Marcionis.

     For in applying to these heretics the figurative words which Christ used of men in general, we shall make a much more suitable interpretation of them than if we were to deduce out of them two gods, according to Marcion's grievous exposition. (Source of translation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of allēgorizō (first conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	allēgorizō	allēgorizās	allēgorizat	allēgorizāmus	allēgorizātis	allēgorizant
	imperfect	allēgorizābam	allēgorizābās	allēgorizābat	allēgorizābāmus	allēgorizābātis	allēgorizābant
	future	allēgorizābō	allēgorizābis	allēgorizābit	allēgorizābimus	allēgorizābitis	allēgorizābunt
	perfect	allēgorizāvī	allēgorizāvistī	allēgorizāvit	allēgorizāvimus	allēgorizāvistis	allēgorizāvērunt, allēgorizāvēre
	pluperfect	allēgorizāveram	allēgorizāverās	allēgorizāverat	allēgorizāverāmus	allēgorizāverātis	allēgorizāverant
	future perfect	allēgorizāverō	allēgorizāveris	allēgorizāverit	allēgorizāverimus	allēgorizāveritis	allēgorizāverint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	allēgorizem	allēgorizēs	allēgorizet	allēgorizēmus	allēgorizētis	allēgorizent
	imperfect	allēgorizārem	allēgorizārēs	allēgorizāret	allēgorizārēmus	allēgorizārētis	allēgorizārent
	perfect	allēgorizāverim	allēgorizāverīs	allēgorizāverit	allēgorizāverīmus	allēgorizāverītis	allēgorizāverint
	pluperfect	allēgorizāvissem	allēgorizāvissēs	allēgorizāvisset	allēgorizāvissēmus	allēgorizāvissētis	allēgorizāvissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	allēgorizā	—	—	allēgorizāte	—
	future	—	allēgorizātō	allēgorizātō	—	allēgorizātōte	allēgorizantō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		allēgorizāre	allēgorizāvisse	—	—	—	—
participles		allēgorizāns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		allēgorizandī	allēgorizandō	allēgorizandum	allēgorizandō	—	—

Descendants

• Italian: allegorizzare
• Spanish: alegorizar
• → Polish: alegoryzować (learned)

References

• “allegorizo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• allegorizo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.