loquacior
Latin
Etymology
Comparative of loquāx ("talkative") + -ior.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫɔˈkʷaː.ki.ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [loˈkʷaː.t͡ʃi.or]
Adjective
loquācior (comparative, neuter loquācius); third declension
- comparative degree of loquāx
- Quis loquacior est quam meus psittacus?
- Who is more talkative than my parrot?
Declension
Third-declension comparative adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | loquācior | loquācius | loquāciōrēs | loquāciōra | |
| genitive | loquāciōris | loquāciōrum | |||
| dative | loquāciōrī | loquāciōribus | |||
| accusative | loquāciōrem | loquācius | loquāciōrēs loquāciōrīs |
loquāciōra | |
| ablative | loquāciōre loquāciōrī |
loquāciōribus | |||
| vocative | loquācior | loquācius | loquāciōrēs | loquāciōra | |
References
“loquax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press