obloquor
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ob- + loquor (“say, speak”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈob.lo.kʷor/, [ˈɔbɫ̪ɔkʷɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈob.lo.kwor/, [ˈɔblokwor]
Verb[edit]
obloquor (present infinitive obloquī, perfect active oblocūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent
- to speak against someone or something; interrupt a speaker, interject
- to gainsay, contradict
- Synonym: contrādīcō
- to sing to, accompany or join in singing
- to blame, condemn
- to rail at, reproach, abuse
- to curse, insult
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References[edit]
- “obloquor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obloquor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obloquor in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- obloquor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.