LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, deponent

praeloquor

praeloquor (present infinitive praeloquī, perfect active praelocūtus sum)
Classical[ˈprae̯.ɫɔ.kʷɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈprɛː.lo.kʷor]

Meaning

  1. deponentto speak beforehand or first, speak before another, forestall in speaking
  2. deponentto say beforehand in the way of a preface, premise
  3. deponentto foretell, predict

Conjugation conjugation 3 deponent

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.praeloquorpraeloquēbarpraeloquar———
2nd sg.praeloqueris
praeloquere
praeloquēbāris
praeloquēbāre
praeloquēris
praeloquēre
———
3rd sg.praeloquiturpraeloquēbāturpraeloquētur———
1st pl.praeloquimurpraeloquēbāmurpraeloquēmur———
2nd pl.praeloquiminīpraeloquēbāminīpraeloquēminī———
3rd pl.praeloquunturpraeloquēbanturpraeloquentur———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.praeloquarpraeloquerer——
2nd sg.praeloquāris
praeloquāre
praeloquerēris
praeloquerēre
——
3rd sg.praeloquāturpraeloquerētur——
1st pl.praeloquāmurpraeloquerēmur——
2nd pl.praeloquāminīpraeloquerēminī——
3rd pl.praeloquanturpraeloquerentur——
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.praeloquere—
pres. 2nd pl.praeloquiminī—
fut. 2nd sg.praeloquitor—
fut. 3rd sg.praeloquitor—
fut. 3rd pl.praeloquuntor—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivepraeloquī—
perfect infinitivepraelocūtum esse—
future infinitivepraelocūtūrum esse—
present participlepraeloquēns—
perfect participlepraelocūtus
praelocūta, praelocūtā, praelocūtae, praelocūtam, praelocūtārum, praelocūtās, praelocūte, praelocūtī, praelocūtīs, praelocūtō, praelocūtōrum, praelocūtōs
—
future participlepraelocūtūrus
praelocūtūra, praelocūtūrā, praelocūtūrae, praelocūtūram, praelocūtūrārum, praelocūtūrās, praelocūtūre, praelocūtūrī, praelocūtūrīs, praelocūtūrō, praelocūtūrōrum, praelocūtūrōs, praelocūtūrum
praeloquendus
praeloquenda, praeloquendā, praeloquendae, praeloquendam, praeloquendārum, praeloquendās, praeloquende, praeloquendīs, praeloquendōrum, praeloquendōs
gerundpraeloquendī, praeloquendō, praeloquendumsupinepraelocūtum, praelocūtū

prae-lŏquor, cūtus (quūtus), 3,
I. v. dep. a. and n.
I. To speak beforehand or first, to speak before another, to forestall in speaking: occupas praeloqui, quae mi'st oratio, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 28; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 31: quod mihi causam praeloquendi dedit, Plin. Ep. 8, 21, 3.—
II. To say beforehand, in the way of preface or introduction, to premise, Quint. 4, 1, 2.—Absol., Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 3: de aliquā re, Quint. 5, 13, 60: libri amplitudo non sinit me longiore epistulā praeloqui, Plin. Ep. 4, 5, 3.—
III. To foretell, predict, Lact. Epit. 47, 2.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinpraeloquor

Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *tlokʷetorder. Proto-Italic *tlokʷōr Latin loquor Latin praeloquor From prae- (“pre-”) + loquor (“to say, speak”).

Quick answers

What does praeloquor mean in Latin?
praeloquor, a verb, means “to speak beforehand or first, speak before another, forestall in speaking; to say beforehand in the way of a preface, premise; to foretell, predict”.
What are the principal parts of praeloquor?
praeloquor, praeloquī, praelocūtus sum (third conjugation, deponent).
How do you pronounce praeloquor?
In classical Latin, [ˈprae̯.ɫɔ.kʷɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈprɛː.lo.kʷor].
Where does praeloquor come from?
Proto-Indo-European *per- → Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- → Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? → Proto-Italic *prai → Proto-Italic *prai- → Latin praeloquor.