Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

colloquy

 

a conversation, talking together

 

Ignoring references to her intelligence and hard work, the esteemed educator attributed her success to the three c's: compassion, colloquy, and common sense.

 

Related Latin word: colloquium (a scholarly gathering at which papers are read and specific topics discussed)

 

Latin root words: colloquium, colloqui, n. - conversation, conference; conloquor, conloqui, conlocutus sum - to converse; loquor, loqui, locutus sum - to speak

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