LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

locūtiō

locūtiō f (genitive locūtiōnis)
Classical[ɫɔˈkuː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[loˈkut.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. The act of speaking; speech, discourse.
  2. A way of speaking; pronunciation.
  3. An utterance, word or mode of expression, phrase.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelocūtiōlocūtiōnēs
loquūtiōnēs
genitivelocūtiōnis
loquūtiōnis		locūtiōnum
loquūtiōnum
dativelocūtiōnī
loquūtiōnī		locūtiōnibus
loquūtiōnibus
accusativelocūtiōnem
loquūtiōnem		locūtiōnēs
loquūtiōnēs
ablativelocūtiōne
loquūtiōne		locūtiōnibus
loquūtiōnibus
vocativelocūtiōlocūtiōnēs
loquūtiōnēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

locutio (Brut. 74. 258)
a phrase.

lŏcūtĭo (lŏquūtio), ōnis, f. loquor,
I. a speaking.
I. Lit.
A. In gen., a speaking, speech, discourse: sermo est oratio remissa et finitima quotidianae locutioni, Auct. Her. 3, 13, 23: ex locutione, ex reticentia, Cic. Off. 1, 41, 146: quamquam omnis locutio oratio est, tamen unius oratoris locutio hoc proprio signata nomine est, id. Or. 19, 64.—
B. In partic., way of speaking, pronunciation: emendata et Latina, Cic. Brut. 74, 258: recta, Quint. 1, 6, 20.—
II. Transf., an utterance, word, mode of expression, phrase (post-Aug.): quidam dicere maluerunt locutiones (quam verba), Quint. 1, 5, 2: copia locutionum talium, Gell. 1, 7 fin.

Origins

Derived from loquor (“to say, speak”) + -tiō (“-tion”).

Descendants
  • Catalanlocució
  • Englishlocution
  • Frenchlocution
  • Italianlocuzione
  • Occitanlocucion
  • Portugueselocução
  • Romanianlocuție
  • Romanianlocuțiune
  • Spanishlocución
  • Galicianlocución

In English words that came into English from locūtiō

  • locutionlocūtiō

Quick answers

What does locūtiō mean in Latin?
locūtiō, a noun, means “The act of speaking; speech, discourse.; A way of speaking”.
What is the genitive of locūtiō?
The genitive singular is locūtiōnis. locūtiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce locūtiō?
In classical Latin, [ɫɔˈkuː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [loˈkut.t͡si.o].