speak of
speak of:
1. dīco, 3: in prose usu. foll. by de and abl.: to s. of Scipio, de Scipione d., Cic. pass.: freq. in poets with direct obj. = to tell of; sing, praise: to s. of Diana, Hercules, etc., Dianam, Alciden d., Hor. This constr. even occurs in prose: cf. Liv. 7, 29, init., majora jam hinc bella ... dicentur. (Dico also occurs in prose with direct obj. = to name, mention, refer to: cf. Cic. Fin. 3, 2, extr., quod autem meum munus dicis, but not = to speak concerning.)
2. lŏquor, 3 (same constr. as preced., except that it is freq. used in prose with acc. of neut. prons., etc.): to s. with any one of any subject, l. cum aliquo de aliqua re, Cic. pass.: we will s. of these subjects together, ista loquemur inter nos, Cic. Fin. 3, 2, extr.: to s. of battles, proelia l., Hor. Od. 4, 15, 1: Sen.: Plin.
3. mĕmŏro, 1: v.TO MENTION . See also TO DISCUSS . Phr.: to s. well of, benedicere, with dat., Cic. Sext. 52, init.; praedicare (constr. with acc. or de and abl.); esp. with bene, optime: cf. Cic. Arch. 9, 20, a quo sua virtus optime praedicaretur (v. TO PRAISE , PUBLISH ): to s. ill of, maledicere (v. TO SPEAK AGAINST ): not to s. of (inserted in a kind of parenthetical way), ut omittam ..., Cic. Br. 76, fin.: Nep. (better than ut praetermittam): so, ut taceam (poet.), Ov. M. 13, 177.
1. dīco, 3: in prose usu. foll. by de and abl.: to s. of Scipio, de Scipione d., Cic. pass.: freq. in poets with direct obj. = to tell of; sing, praise: to s. of Diana, Hercules, etc., Dianam, Alciden d., Hor. This constr. even occurs in prose: cf. Liv. 7, 29, init., majora jam hinc bella ... dicentur. (Dico also occurs in prose with direct obj. = to name, mention, refer to: cf. Cic. Fin. 3, 2, extr., quod autem meum munus dicis, but not = to speak concerning.)
2. lŏquor, 3 (same constr. as preced., except that it is freq. used in prose with acc. of neut. prons., etc.): to s. with any one of any subject, l. cum aliquo de aliqua re, Cic. pass.: we will s. of these subjects together, ista loquemur inter nos, Cic. Fin. 3, 2, extr.: to s. of battles, proelia l., Hor. Od. 4, 15, 1: Sen.: Plin.
3. mĕmŏro, 1: v.