I.a conversation, conference, discourse (class. in prose and poetry; “not in Hor.): colloquium cum conveniunt in unum locum loquendi causā,” Varr. L. L. 6, § 57 Müll.; Titin. ap. Non. p. 256, 16: “eo ad colloquium venerunt,” Caes. B. G. 1, 43: “in colloquium venire,” id. ib. 1, 35: “in Antonii congressum colloquiumque veniendum est,” Cic. Phil. 12, 11, 26: “pervenire ad conloquium alicujus,” id. ib. 9, 1, 2: “denos ut ad colloquium adducerent,” Caes. B. G. 1, 43: “de aliquā re in colloquium venire,” Nep. Dat. 11, 1: “convenire in colloquium,” id. Hann. 6, 2: “in colloquio esse,” id. Dat. 11, 3: facere, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 5: “occulta habere cum aliquo,” Liv. 27, 1, 14; so, “secreta serere cum aliquo,” id. 34, 61, 7; cf.: “nocturnis impellere aliquem,” Tac. A. 1, 16; and: “secretis componere, etc.,” id. ib. 3, 40: “crebra inter se,” Caes. B. C. 3, 19: “petere,” Ov. M. 13, 552; Suet. Aug. 27: “clausis foribus videre,” Lucr. 4, 598: “dare,” Prop. 4 (5), 10, 32. “colloquio alterius non egere,” Cic. Off. 3, 1, 1; cf.: “colloquio carere,” id. Att. 12, 15: “adesse colloquiis,” Val. Fl. 3, 293: “rerum leviorum,” Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 6: “fruiturque deorum Colloquio,” Verg. A. 7, 91: “praeceptoris,” Petr. 9 fin.: “colloquia amicorum absentium,” i. e. epistolary correspondence, communication by letter, Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 7.—
collŏquĭum (conl- ), ii, n. id.,