allocutio
From LSJ
νοεῖν γάρ ἐστι κρεῖττον καὶ σιγὴν ἔχειν → it's better, you see, to understand and yet say nothing (Menander)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
allŏcūtĭo: (adl-), ōnis, f. alloquor (post-Aug.).
I A speaking to, an accosting, an address: vertit adlocutionem, Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 8: inchoatā adlocutione, Suet. Tib. 23.—
II Esp.
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.—
B An inciting to the conflict; only upon coins, v. Eckh. D. N. V. 6, p. 268.
