speech
speech
subs.
Articulate sound: P. and V. φωνή, ἡ, φθέγμᾰ, τό, V. φώνημα, τό ; see voice.
Word: P. and V. λόγος, ὁ, ῥῆμα, τό, ῥῆσις, ἡ ; see word.
Language: P. and V. γλῶσσα, ἡ, φωνή, ἡ, V. φά̆τῐς, ἡ.
Way of speaking: Ar. and P. διά̆λεκτος, ἡ.
Speech in a play: Ar. and P. ῥῆσις, ἡ.
Public speech: P. and V. λόγος, ὁ, ῥῆσις, ἡ, P. δημηγορία, ἡ.
Have speech with: Ar. and P. διᾰλέγεσθαι (dat. or πρός, acc.).
Make a speech: P. and V. λέγειν, Ar. and P. δημηγορεῖν, P. λόγον ποιεῖσθαι.
Composer of speeches: P. λογογράφος, ὁ, λογοποιός, ὁ.
Composition of speeches: P. λογογραφία, ἡ.
Freedom of speech: P. and V. παρρησία, ἡ.
subs.
Articulate sound: P. and V. φωνή, ἡ, φθέγμᾰ, τό, V. φώνημα, τό ; see voice.
Word: P. and V. λόγος, ὁ, ῥῆμα, τό, ῥῆσις, ἡ ; see word.
Language: P. and V. γλῶσσα, ἡ, φωνή, ἡ, V. φά̆τῐς, ἡ.
Way of speaking: Ar. and P. διά̆λεκτος, ἡ.
Speech in a play: Ar. and P. ῥῆσις, ἡ.
Public speech: P. and V. λόγος, ὁ, ῥῆσις, ἡ, P. δημηγορία, ἡ.
Have speech with: Ar. and P. διᾰλέγεσθαι (dat. or πρός, acc.).
Make a speech: P. and V. λέγειν, Ar. and P. δημηγορεῖν, P. λόγον ποιεῖσθαι.
Composer of speeches: P. λογογράφος, ὁ, λογοποιός, ὁ.
Composition of speeches: P. λογογραφία, ἡ.
Freedom of speech: P. and V. παρρησία, ἡ.
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.
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.
speech:
I. The faculty of speaking: ōrātio: Cic. Off. 1, 4, 12: deprived of the faculty of s., infans: id. Div. 1, 53, 121. Phr.: to take away the faculty of s., usum linguae adimere, Ov. M. 14, 99: if temporarily, vocem praecludere, cf. ib. 2, 658.
II. Utterance: Phr.: to have great facility of s., volubili esse lingua, Liv. (Kr.): to utter with stammering s., titubante lingua loqui, Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 21.
III. An address, oration:
1. ōrātio: dimin. ōrātiuncŭla (a short s.): a powerful, polished, admirable s., o. gravis, polita, admirabilis, Cic. de Or. 3, 25: a clever and oratorical s., o. diserta et oratoria, ib. 1, 54, 231: a brilliant s., o. luculenta, Sall. C. 31. The foll. epithets are taken from Kr. (e Cic.): oratio fortis et virilis: compta, polita, composita et ornata: diligenter elaborata, accurate commentata (carefully studied): gravissimis verbis sententiisque plena: accurata et facta quodam modo. To deliver a s., o. habere, Cic. pass.: from MS., o. de scripto dicere, id. Pl. 30, 74: to study a s., o. commentari, id. R. Am. 29, 82.
2. contio, ōnis, f. (a s. before the people, or to troops): he delivered a s. to the soldiers, c. ad milites habuit, Caes. B. C. 3, 73: in the s. to the people against Catiline, in c. contra Catilinam, Quint. 5, 11, 42. To deliver such a s., contionari: v.TO SPEAK (II.).
3. actio (a legal s. or pleading): thus the speeches against Verres are called actiones, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 30, 75, etc.: Suet.: Quint. Phr.: to make a s., verba facere, Caes. B. G. 2, 14: to wind up a s., finish it, perorare, Cic.
IV. A remark or saying:
1. verbum: cf. Sall. Jug. 11, fin., quod verbum in pectus Jugurthae altius ... descendit: so, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 95, etc.
2. vox (esp. a cry or exclamation): cf. Cic. Verr. 5, 65, 168, nihil esse opis in hac voce, civis Romanus sum.
3. dictum: v.SAYING .
V. Language used: Phr.: abusive s., maledicta, voces contumeliosae, opprobria, contumelia verborum: v.ABUSE , INSULT , REVILING .
I. The faculty of speaking: ōrātio: Cic. Off. 1, 4, 12: deprived of the faculty of s., infans: id. Div. 1, 53, 121. Phr.: to take away the faculty of s., usum linguae adimere, Ov. M. 14, 99: if temporarily, vocem praecludere, cf. ib. 2, 658.
II. Utterance: Phr.: to have great facility of s., volubili esse lingua, Liv. (Kr.): to utter with stammering s., titubante lingua loqui, Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 21.
III. An address, oration:
1. ōrātio: dimin. ōrātiuncŭla (a short s.): a powerful, polished, admirable s., o. gravis, polita, admirabilis, Cic. de Or. 3, 25: a clever and oratorical s., o. diserta et oratoria, ib. 1, 54, 231: a brilliant s., o. luculenta, Sall. C. 31. The foll. epithets are taken from Kr. (e Cic.): oratio fortis et virilis: compta, polita, composita et ornata: diligenter elaborata, accurate commentata (carefully studied): gravissimis verbis sententiisque plena: accurata et facta quodam modo. To deliver a s., o. habere, Cic. pass.: from MS., o. de scripto dicere, id. Pl. 30, 74: to study a s., o. commentari, id. R. Am. 29, 82.
2. contio, ōnis, f. (a s. before the people, or to troops): he delivered a s. to the soldiers, c. ad milites habuit, Caes. B. C. 3, 73: in the s. to the people against Catiline, in c. contra Catilinam, Quint. 5, 11, 42. To deliver such a s., contionari: v.
3. actio (a legal s. or pleading): thus the speeches against Verres are called actiones, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 30, 75, etc.: Suet.: Quint. Phr.: to make a s., verba facere, Caes. B. G. 2, 14: to wind up a s., finish it, perorare, Cic.
IV. A remark or saying:
1. verbum: cf. Sall. Jug. 11, fin., quod verbum in pectus Jugurthae altius ... descendit: so, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 95, etc.
2. vox (esp. a cry or exclamation): cf. Cic. Verr. 5, 65, 168, nihil esse opis in hac voce, civis Romanus sum.
3. dictum: v.
V. Language used: Phr.: abusive s., maledicta, voces contumeliosae, opprobria, contumelia verborum: v.
λόγος
λόγος, λόγου, ὁ, word, speech, story
φωνή
φωνή, ἡ, voice, language, speech (noun)
μῦθος
anything, delivered by word of mouth, word, speech
κατηγορία
κατηγορία, ἡ, speech for the prosecution (noun)
ἀπολογία
ἀπολογία, ἡ, speech in one’s own defence (noun)
λέξις
a speaking, saying, speech
αὐδή
the human voice, speech
δημηγορία
a speech in the public assembly
ῥῆσις
a saying, speaking, speech
a speech
βουληγορία
speech in the Senate
γῆρυς
voice, speech
σεμνολογικός
of or for grave, solemn speech
ταπεινολογία
low, humble speech
φθέγξις
speech, utterance
φράσις
speech; enunciation
φῆμις
speech, talk
χρηστολογία
fair speaking, smooth speech
ψευδολογία
a false speech, falsehood
ἀγόρευσις
speech, oration
λόγος, λόγου, ὁ, word, speech, story
φωνή
φωνή, ἡ, voice, language, speech (noun)
μῦθος
anything, delivered by word of mouth, word, speech
κατηγορία
κατηγορία, ἡ, speech for the prosecution (noun)
ἀπολογία
ἀπολογία, ἡ, speech in one’s own defence (noun)
λέξις
a speaking, saying, speech
αὐδή
the human voice, speech
δημηγορία
a speech in the public assembly
ῥῆσις
a saying, speaking, speech
appearing fewer than 50 times
βάγμαa speech
βουληγορία
speech in the Senate
γῆρυς
voice, speech
σεμνολογικός
of or for grave, solemn speech
ταπεινολογία
low, humble speech
φθέγξις
speech, utterance
φράσις
speech; enunciation
φῆμις
speech, talk
χρηστολογία
fair speaking, smooth speech
ψευδολογία
a false speech, falsehood
ἀγόρευσις
speech, oration
os
the mouth; face, countenance; boldness; opening, orifice; speech
oratio
a speaking, speech, discourse, language, faculty of speech, use of language
infans
that cannot speak, without speech, mute, speechless
mutus
dumb, mute, speechless, without speech
eloquium
expression, utterance, speech
flattering words, blandishment, complimentary speech, flattery
contiuncula
an harangue, petty speech
locutio
a speaking, speech, discourse
loquela
speech, words, discourse
oratiuncula
a little speech, few remarks
the mouth; face, countenance; boldness; opening, orifice; speech
oratio
a speaking, speech, discourse, language, faculty of speech, use of language
infans
that cannot speak, without speech, mute, speechless
mutus
dumb, mute, speechless, without speech
eloquium
expression, utterance, speech
appearing fewer than 50 times
blandimentumflattering words, blandishment, complimentary speech, flattery
contiuncula
an harangue, petty speech
locutio
a speaking, speech, discourse
loquela
speech, words, discourse
oratiuncula
a little speech, few remarks