noun
- A stage direction in a play indicating that a character speaks; used in dramatic texts to mark a character's speech or soliloquy.
Usage: archaic; theatrical; Latin origin
Examples
- The script included the stage direction 'Hamlet loquitur' before the famous soliloquy.
- In classical drama, 'loquitur' was used to signal when an actor should deliver lines.
- The playwright wrote 'loquitur' in the margin to indicate the character's monologue.
- Medieval and Renaissance plays frequently employed 'loquitur' as a stage notation.