magniloquus
Latin
Etymology
magnus (“great”) + -loquus (“speaking”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [maŋˈnɪ.ɫɔ.kʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [maɲˈɲiː.lo.kʷus]
Adjective
magniloquus (feminine magniloqua, neuter magniloquum); first/second-declension adjective
- magniloquent, vaunting, boastful
- Tacitus, The Life of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, 27.
- atque illi modo cauti ac sapientes prompti post eventum ac magniloqui erant.
- Those who but now were cautious and prudent, became after the event eager and boastful.
- Tacitus, The Life of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, 27.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | magniloquus | magniloqua | magniloquum | magniloquī | magniloquae | magniloqua | |
| genitive | magniloquī | magniloquae | magniloquī | magniloquōrum | magniloquārum | magniloquōrum | |
| dative | magniloquō | magniloquae | magniloquō | magniloquīs | |||
| accusative | magniloquum | magniloquam | magniloquum | magniloquōs | magniloquās | magniloqua | |
| ablative | magniloquō | magniloquā | magniloquō | magniloquīs | |||
| vocative | magniloque | magniloqua | magniloquum | magniloquī | magniloquae | magniloqua | |
References
- “magniloquus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “magniloquus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- magniloquus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- magniloquus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016