English → Latin
“speaking” in Latin
locūtiōThe act of speaking; speech, discourse.; A way of speaking; pronunciation.; An utterance, word or mode of expression, phsermōa conversation, discussion; a rumor, diction, speech, talk, discourse; a language, manner of speakingdictiōa saying, speaking, speech, talk, oratoryōrātiōspeech, discourse, language; the power of speech; manner or style of speakingverbumword; proverb, saying; verbloquācitāstalkativeness, loquacitytaciturnitāssilence (keeping silent), taciturnitydīcōto say, talk, speak, utter, mention; to declare, state; to tell
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
speaking
The act of speaking, locutio (opposed to silentium, taciturnitas): sermo (especially in conversation): dictio (delivery of a speech).
That which one says, speech, sermo: oratio: verba, dicta (plur.) much speaking, multa verba; loquacitas; verborum intemperantia (Bau.). To avoid much speaking, ut rem paucis absolvam, dicam; ne multa; ne longus sim: mode of speaking, verba; dicendi genus: modern writers say, loquendi genus (Muret.); loquendi forma (Ruhnken., Ern.), or formula (Wolf; ☞ Avoid the Grecism phrasis; also, loquendi ratio).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for speaking?
- The usual Latin words for “speaking” are locūtiō, sermō, dictiō; also ōrātiō, verbum, loquācitās. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.