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“speech” in Latin
vōxvoice; accent; speech, remark, expression, (turn of) phraseōrātiōspeech, discourse, language; the power of speech; manner or style of speakinglinguathe tongue; a tongue, utterance, language, speechalloquiuma speaking to, addressing, an address (exhortation encouragement, consolation, etc.)allocūtiōThe act of speaking to or accosting; address.; The act of consoling or comforting; consolation, comfort; exhortation.appellātiōappeal (to higher authority); name; title, rankcompellātiōreprimand, reproof, rebukecōntiōa meeting, assembly; a speech, oration or discourse before a public assemblysermōa conversation, discussion; a rumor, diction, speech, talk, discourse; a language, manner of speakingdīcōto say, talk, speak, utter, mention; to declare, state; to tell
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
speech
Faculty of speech, vox (voice; general term for pouer of utterance; of beasts or men): oratio (power of expressing one’s thoughts and emotions in articulate speech): lingua (the tongue; also, speech): linguae or sermonis usus. To be without the faculty of speech, mutum esse; orationis expertum esse (not to possess the faculty at all); elinguem esse; linguae usu defectum esse (to be unable to utter any articulate sound): one who has been deprived of the faculty of speech, cui sermonis usus ablatus est: to deprive anybody of the faculty of speech [Vid: “to render SPEECHLESS”]: to lose, recover, the power of speech, linguae usum amittere, recipere (after Ov., Met., 14, 99).
Manner of speaking, vox: lingua. An impediment in his speech, linguae haesitantia.
An address, harangue, alloquium (address of a persuasive, consolatory, or warning kind: a soft speech, blandum or lene alloquium, Liv.): allocutio (speaking to): appellatio (accosting a man quietly; e.g., to request anything): compellatio (direct address in a speech; rhetorical term): oratio (formal studied speech): concio (address to a popular or military assembly, harangue): sermo (speech of an unpremeditated, conversational kind). A set or studied speech, oratio bene commentata; oratio meditata et composita; oratio apparata or apparata et composita: to make a speech, orationem habere, agere, or dicere (general terms); concionem habere, concionari (to the people, troops, etc.) to make a speech before anybody (i. e., to him), verba facere apud aliquem; to the people, verba facere apud populum: to compose a speech, orationem facere or conficere: to prepare a speech, orationem meditari or commentari: to learn a speech by heart, orationem ediscere: to read a speech, orationem de scripto dicere; orationem recitare (to read anybody’s speech before an audience): an extempore speech, oratio subita et fortuita (opposed to commentatio, a prepared speech): a little speech, oratiuncula: to end a speech, perorare; dicendi finem facere.
A thing said, dictum, vox: verbum: Cutting speeches (= sayings, words), verborum aculei: unkind or abusive speeches, maledicta, plur.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for speech?
- The usual Latin words for “speech” are vōx, ōrātiō, lingua; also alloquium, allocūtiō, appellātiō. 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.