ADLOCUTION, ADLOCUTIO, in antiquity, is chiefly understood of speeches made by Roman generals to their armies, to encourage them before a battle. We frequently find these adlocutions expressed on medals by the abbreviation ADLOCUT. CON.—The general is sometimes represented as seated on a tribunal, often on a bank or mount of turf, with the cohorts ranged
* See also Matéria Médica, no 73.
* See Law, Part III. no clxxii. 6, &c.
Adjunct
Adlocution
* See Academy, Nov. par. 8, &c.
Adminicle ranged orderly round him, in manipuli and turmas. The usual formula in adlocutions was, Fertis est ac fidus. Admiral.