speak to Copy link Outline 1. appello, 1 (to address, accost)2. allŏquor, 3 (to talk to3. affāri, 1 • speak to: 1. appello, 1 (to address, accost): with acc.: Ter.: Cic. In same sense also, compello, 1 (chiefly poet.): Virg. 2. allŏquor, 3 (to talk to: whereas appello is simply to address: also with acc.): no one was willing to s. to him, quem nemo a. vellet, Cic. Clu. 61, 170: Pl.: Ter. 3. affāri, 1: only used in pres. ind. (but not 1 pers.), perf. part., infin., and 2 pers. sing. imperat. (to address): to s. to any one by name, nomine a. aliquem, Cic. Br. 72, 253.