anteloquium

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

antĕ-lŏquĭum, ii, n. [loquor] (postclass. and rare).

I The right of speaking before another , Macr. S. 7, 4; 1, 24.—

II A proem , preface , Symm. Ep. 8, 23.