circumloquor

Latin

Etymology

From circum- (“around, about”) +‎ loquor (“I say, speak”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kirˈkum.lo.kʷor/, [kɪrˈkʊmɫ̪ɔkʷɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃirˈkum.lo.kwor/, [t͡ʃirˈkumlokwor]

Verb

circumloquor (present infinitive circumloquī, perfect active circumlocūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent

1. to make use of circumlocution or periphrasis, circumlocute

Conjugation

   Conjugation of circumloquor (third conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	circumloquor	circumloqueris, circumloquere	circumloquitur	circumloquimur	circumloquiminī	circumloquuntur
	imperfect	circumloquēbar	circumloquēbāris, circumloquēbāre	circumloquēbātur	circumloquēbāmur	circumloquēbāminī	circumloquēbantur
	future	circumloquar	circumloquēris, circumloquēre	circumloquētur	circumloquēmur	circumloquēminī	circumloquentur
	perfect	circumlocūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	circumlocūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	circumlocūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	circumloquar	circumloquāris, circumloquāre	circumloquātur	circumloquāmur	circumloquāminī	circumloquantur
imperfect	circumloquerer	circumloquerēris, circumloquerēre	circumloquerētur	circumloquerēmur	circumloquerēminī	circumloquerentur
perfect	circumlocūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	circumlocūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	circumloquere	—	—	circumloquiminī	—
	future	—	circumloquitor	circumloquitor	—	—	circumloquuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		circumloquī	circumlocūtum esse	circumlocūtūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		circumloquēns	circumlocūtus	circumlocūtūrus	—	—	circumloquendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		circumloquendī	circumloquendō	circumloquendum	circumloquendō	circumlocūtum	circumlocūtū

Related terms

• alloquor
• circumlocūtiō
• colloquor
• ēloquor
• interloquor
• loquor
• obloquor
• praeloquor
• prōloquor
• trāloquor

 

References

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