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collŏquĭum (conl-), ii, n. [colloquor],

  1. I. a conversation, conference, discourse (class. in prose and poetry; not in Hor.): colloquium cum conveniunt in unum locum loquendi causā, Varr. L. L. 6, § 57 Müll.; Titin. ap. Non. p. 256, 16: eo ad colloquium venerunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 43: in colloquium venire, id. ib. 1, 35: in Antonii congressum colloquiumque veniendum est, Cic. Phil. 12, 11, 26: pervenire ad conloquium alicujus, id. ib. 9, 1, 2: denos ut ad colloquium adducerent, Caes. B. G. 1, 43: de aliquā re in colloquium venire, Nep. Dat. 11, 1: convenire in colloquium, id. Hann. 6, 2: in colloquio esse, id. Dat. 11, 3: facere, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 5: occulta habere cum aliquo, Liv. 27, 1, 14; so, secreta serere cum aliquo, id. 34, 61, 7; cf.: nocturnis impellere aliquem, Tac. A. 1, 16; and: secretis componere, etc., id. ib. 3, 40: crebra inter se, Caes. B. C. 3, 19: petere, Ov. M. 13, 552; Suet. Aug. 27: clausis foribus videre, Lucr. 4, 598: dare, Prop. 4 (5), 10, 32: colloquio alterius non egere, Cic. Off. 3, 1, 1; cf.: colloquio carere, id. Att. 12, 15: adesse colloquiis, Val. Fl. 3, 293: rerum leviorum, Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 6: fruiturque deorum Colloquio, Verg. A. 7, 91: praeceptoris, Petr. 9 fin.: colloquia amicorum absentium, i. e. epistolary correspondence, communication by letter, Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 7.
  2. II. Transf. to animals: alitum colloquia, Plin. 10, 49, 70, § 137; repeated by Gell. 10, 12, 7.

col-lŏquor (conl-), cūtus, 3, v. dep., to talk together, converse, to hold a conversation, a parley, or a conference (in good prose); constr. commonly cum aliquo, inter se, or absol.; in Plaut. several times as verb act. with acc.

        1. (α) With cum aliquo, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 56; Cic. Brut. 60, 218; id. Tusc. 1, 41, 98; id. Div. 1, 30, 64; id. Att. 16, 8, 1; id. Fam. 1, 9, 10; Nep. Paus. 2, 4: cum aliquo per aliquem, Caes. B. G. 1, 19; Nep. Alcib. 5, 3: cum aliquo per litteras, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 1; id. Att. 6, 1, 24: cum aliquo de aliquā re, Nep. Dion, 2, 4.
        2. (β) With inter se: hoc uno praestamus vel maxime feris, quod colloquimur inter nos, Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 32: multum inter se usque ad extremum tempus diei conlocuti sunt, id. ib. 1, 7, 26; id. Div. 1, 41, 90; Auct. B. Afr. 56; Curt. 8, 4, 14: inter se multum de aliquā re, Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 26.
        3. (γ) Absol.: deinde utrique imperatores colloquuntur simul, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 69; Ter. And. 5, 6, 10; id. Eun. 2, 3, 76; Caes. B. G. 1, 43; 1, 47; Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 8 (10), 1; Liv. 3, 36, 2; Curt. 7, 1, 24; 8, 13, 24 al.
        4. (δ) With acc. of person: te volo, uxor, colloqui, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 17; id. As. 1, 2, 24; 3, 1, 20; id. Most. 3, 2, 96; id. Men. 2, 3, 82; id. Mil. 4, 2, 18; id. Ps. 1, 3, 16; 1, 3, 22; id. Trin. 5, 2, 11; 5, 2, 26; cf.: de his rebus, quas tecum colloqui volo, Nep. Them. 9, 4.