locutiones
Dictionary entries
- Entry →locutio, locutionis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
speech, act of speaking; style of speaking; phrase/expression; pronunciation;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...scribo"; quam vitantes ambiguitatem quidam dicere maluerunt voces, locutiones, dictiones. III. Singula sunt aut nostra aut peregrina..."Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...sociis interclusurum; sed Punicum abhorrens ab Latinorum nominum [locutione os, Casilinum] pro Casino dux ut acciperet, fecit, auersusque..."
