Dictionary formoratio, orationis(feminine)
Translation
speech, discourse; prayer
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Grammar
Cases
| Case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativethe subject | oratio | orationes |
| Vocativecalling someone: O ... | oratio | orationes |
| Accusativethe direct object; after ad, in (into), per | orationem | orationes |
| Genitiveof | orationis | orationum |
| Dativeto, for | orationi | orationibus |
| Ablativeby, with, from; after a, ab, cum, de, e, ex, in (in), sine | oratione | orationibus |
Examples
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The speech was long.
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We heard the consul's speech.
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In prayer we speak to God.
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The prayers of the saints are heard.
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After the speech the people went away.
Oratio, orationis is feminine, third declension, from oro. The classical sense is a formal public speech, the thing Cicero delivered and then published, and by extension language or style: oratio soluta is prose, oratio recta and oratio obliqua are direct and indirect speech.
Church Latin takes the other half of oro, "I plead, I beg", and oratio becomes prayer. In a liturgical book an oratio is specifically a collect, the short prayer the priest says on behalf of everyone. In this corpus that is the dominant sense, so translating every oratio as "speech" will quietly turn a missal into a debating society. English oration, oratory and orator keep the classical branch; oratorio keeps the other.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 4, lesson 8: oratio, spes, caro and 10 more words.