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allŏcūtĭo (adl-), ōnis, f. [alloquor] (post-Aug.).

  1. I. A speaking to, an accosting, an address: vertit adlocutionem, Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 8: inchoatā adlocutione, Suet. Tib. 23.
  2. II. Esp.
    1. A. 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.
    2. B. An inciting to the conflict; only upon coins, v. Eckh. D. N. V. 6, p. 268.