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col-lŏquor (conl- ), cūtus, 3, v. dep.,
I.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.
(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.—
(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.—
(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.—
(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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 2.8
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    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 36.2
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    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 7.1.24
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