allŏquĭum (adl-), ii, n. [alloquor],
a speaking to , addressing , an address , exhortation , encouragement , consolation , etc. (postAug.): adloquio leni perlicere homines ad dedendam urbem, Liv. 25, 24: fortunam benigno adloquio adjuvabat, id. 1, 34: blandioribus adloquiis prosequi, Plin. Ep. 1, 8: adloquio militem firmare, Tac. H. 3, 36; Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 18; * Hor. Epod. 13, 18 al.—In Luc., in gen., = colloquium, conversation : longis producere noctem adloquiis, 10, 174.