blandiloquium
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bɫan.dɪˈɫɔ.kʷi.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [blan̪.d̪iˈlɔː.kʷi.um]
Noun
blandiloquium n (genitive blandiloquiī or blandiloquī); second declension
- flattering speech
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | blandiloquium | blandiloquia |
| genitive | blandiloquiī blandiloquī1 |
blandiloquiōrum |
| dative | blandiloquiō | blandiloquiīs |
| accusative | blandiloquium | blandiloquia |
| ablative | blandiloquiō | blandiloquiīs |
| vocative | blandiloquium | blandiloquia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “blandiloquium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- blandiloquium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.