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noun · neutersecond declension

colloquium

colloquium n (genitive colloquiī or colloquī)
Classical[kɔlˈlɔ.kʷi.ũː]Ecclesiastical[kolˈlɔː.kʷi.um]
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Meaning

  1. neuterconversation, discussion
    Marcus et Lucius in colloquium venerunt.Marcus and Lucius had a conversation.
  2. neuterinterview
    Caesar, quod neque conloquium interposita causa tolli volebat neque salutem suam Gallorum equitatui committere audebat, commodissimum esse statuit omnibus equis Gallis equitibus detractis eo legionarios milites legionis X., cui quam maxime confidebat, imponere, ut praesidium quam amicissimum, si quid opus facto esset, haberet.Caesar, as he didn't want either the interview to be for any reason set aside or confide his wellbeing in the hands of the Gallic cavalry, said he saw as most fit the Gallic horsemen be stripped off their steeds and in their place mount legionaries of the 10th legion, in which he had the utmost faith, that he might have as trusted a body-guard as one could have if the occasion ever urged its use.c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 1.42
  3. neuterconference
    Non tenuit omnino colloquium illud fidemThere was no faith at all in that conference.44 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Philippicae XII.27
  4. neuterparley

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

sermō inter duōs plūrēsve.
colloquium -ī n — in Mille Verba, Artēs et Litterae

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Sermo · Colloquium · Oratio

1. Sermo (εἰρόμενος) denotes a conversation accidentally arising, or at least carried on without any fixed and serious purpose; whereas colloquium, generally a conversation agreed upon for a particular purpose, like a conference. 2. Sermo is a natural mode of speaking; oratio, a speech premeditated and prepared according to the rules of art. The sermo arises when, in ordinary life, an individual speaks longer than usual, and continues speaking, and is accidentally not interrupted; the oratio has a definite extent with an observable beginning, middle, and end, and in it the speaker calculates upon not being interrupted. In the sermo, the language of ordinary life predominates, whether in prose or verse, as in the comic poets, and in the Sermones of Horace; whereas in the oratio the language is select, and in conformity to the rules of rhetoric. Cic. Orat. 16. Mollis est oratio philosophorum et umbratilis . . . Itaque sermo potius quam oratio dicitur. Tac. Hist. i. 19. Apud senatum non comptior Galbæ, non longior . . . sermo; Pisonis comis oratio. (iv. 23.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecolloquiumcolloquia
conloquia
genitivecolloquiī
colloquī, conloquī, conloquiī		colloquiōrum
conloquiōrum
dativecolloquiō
conloquiō		colloquiīs
conloquiīs
accusativecolloquiumcolloquia
conloquia
ablativecolloquiō
conloquiō		colloquiīs
conloquiīs
vocativecolloquiumcolloquia
conloquia

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

diem dicere colloquio
to appoint a date for an interview.
colloqui cum aliquo per litteras
to correspond with some one.
(ad colloquium) admitti (B. C. 3. 57)
to obtain an audience of some one.
aditum conveniendi or colloquium petere
to ask a hearing, audience, interview.
aliquem a ceteris separare et in arcam conicere ne quis cum eo colloqui possit (Mil. 22. 60)
to isolate a witness.

collŏquĭum (conl-), ii, n. id.,
I. a conversation, conference, discourse (class. in prose and poetry; not in Hor.): colloquium cum conveniunt in unum locum loquendi causā, Varr. L. L. 6, § 57 Müll.; Titin. ap. Non. p. 256, 16: eo ad colloquium venerunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 43: in colloquium venire, id. ib. 1, 35: in Antonii congressum colloquiumque veniendum est, Cic. Phil. 12, 11, 26: pervenire ad conloquium alicujus, id. ib. 9, 1, 2: denos ut ad colloquium adducerent, Caes. B. G. 1, 43: de aliquā re in colloquium venire, Nep. Dat. 11, 1: convenire in colloquium, id. Hann. 6, 2: in colloquio esse, id. Dat. 11, 3: facere, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 5: occulta habere cum aliquo, Liv. 27, 1, 14; so, secreta serere cum aliquo, id. 34, 61, 7; cf.: nocturnis impellere aliquem, Tac. A. 1, 16; and: secretis componere, etc., id. ib. 3, 40: crebra inter se, Caes. B. C. 3, 19: petere, Ov. M. 13, 552; Suet. Aug. 27: clausis foribus videre, Lucr. 4, 598: dare, Prop. 4 (5), 10, 32. colloquio alterius non egere, Cic. Off. 3, 1, 1; cf.: colloquio carere, id. Att. 12, 15: adesse colloquiis, Val. Fl. 3, 293: rerum leviorum, Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 6: fruiturque deorum Colloquio, Verg. A. 7, 91: praeceptoris, Petr. 9 fin.: colloquia amicorum absentium, i. e. epistolary correspondence, communication by letter, Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 7.—
II. Transf. to animals: alitum colloquia, Plin. 10, 49, 70, § 137; repeated by Gell. 10, 12, 7.

Origins

From colloquor + -ium.

Descendants
  • Englishcolloquium
  • Englishcolloquy
  • Frenchcolloque
  • GermanKolloquium
  • Italiancolloquio
  • Portuguesecolóquio
  • Romaniancolocviu
  • Spanishcoloquio
  • Polishkolokwium
  • Russianколло́квиум

In English words that came into English from colloquium

  • colloquycolloquium
  • colloquialcolloquium
  • colloquiumcolloquium
  • colloguecolloquium

Quick answers

What does colloquium mean in Latin?
colloquium, a noun, means “conversation, discussion; interview; conference”.
What is the genitive of colloquium?
The genitive singular is colloquiī. colloquium is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce colloquium?
In classical Latin, [kɔlˈlɔ.kʷi.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kolˈlɔː.kʷi.um].
Which English words come from colloquium?
English words that go back to Latin colloquium include colloquy, colloquial, colloquium and collogue.