longiloquium

Latin

Etymology

From longus (long) +‎ loquor (say, speak, tell, talk) +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

Noun

longiloquium n (genitive longiloquiī or longiloquī); second declension

  1. A long speech.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative longiloquium longiloquia
genitive longiloquiī
longiloquī1
longiloquiōrum
dative longiloquiō longiloquiīs
accusative longiloquium longiloquia
ablative longiloquiō longiloquiīs
vocative longiloquium longiloquia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

  • longiloquium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "longiloquium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • longiloquium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • longiloquium in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016