address (verb) Copy link Outline I. To direct discourse either spoken or written to any one1. ădĕo, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum, 4 (with ad or acc.)2. affāri, fātus, 1 (v. TO SPEAK TO)3. allŏquor, lŏcūtus, 3 (v. TO SPEAK TO)4. appello, 1 (v. TO ACCOST)5. compello, 1 (v. TO ACCOST)6. aggrĕdĭor, gressus, 3 (usu. with some defining word)II. To write a direction upon a letter, etc. • address (verb): I. To direct discourse either spoken or written to any one: 1. ădĕo, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum, 4 (with ad or acc.): to address any one in writing, per epistolam aliquem a., Pl.: I remember that certain persons a.'d me, ad me adire quosdam memini, Cic.: to a. the gods, deos a., Cic. 2. affāri, fātus, 1 (v. to speak to): to a. any one by name, aliquem nomine a., Cic.: we a. Vesta in prayer, precando affamur Vestam, Ov. 3. allŏquor, lŏcūtus, 3 (v. to speak to): to a. a person mildly, hominem blande a., Ter.: he a.'d the senate in a set speech, senatum composita oratione allocutus est, Tac. 4. appello, 1 (v. to accost): with what countenance shall I address my father? quo ore appellabo patrem? Ter.: he a.'d the ambassadors too haughtily, legatos superbius appellavit, Cic. 5. compello, 1 (v. to accost): to address in song, carmine c., Cat. 6. aggrĕdĭor, gressus, 3 (usu. with some defining word): why should not I a. this man about her? quin ego hunc a. de illa? Pl.: to a. any one, aliquem dictis a., Virg.: Tac. II. To write a direction upon a letter, etc.: inscrībo, scripsi, scriptum, 3: the boy read a letter a.'d to his father, puer legit epistolam inscriptam patri, Cic.: I will thank you to cause to be conveyed to M. Curius the small parcel which is a.'d to him, tu fasciculum qui est M. Curio inscriptus velim cures ad eum perferendum, Cic. Phr.: I had a.'d (strictly, given, i. e. to the letter-carrier) a letter to you about Dionysius, literas ad te de Dionysio dedissem, Cic.