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A / allŏcūtĭo
noun

allŏcūtĭo

gen. allŏcūtōnis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd
(), , alloquor (post-Aug.).
A speaking to; an accosting; an address •
A speaking to, an accosting, an address: vertit adlocutionem, Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 8: inchoatā adlocutione, Suet. Tib. 23.—
especially
a consoling; consolation; comforting •
Like the Gr. παραμυθία, a consoling, consolation, comforting, comfort: quā solatus es adlocutione? consoling words, Cat. 38, 5; so Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 1: nec (habebunt) in die agnitionis adlocutionem, Vulg. Sap. 3, 18; 8, 9; 19, 12.—
An inciting to the conflict;
An inciting to the conflict; only upon coins, v. Eckh. D. N. V. 6, p. 268.
Perseus ID: n1955 Key: allocutio