stultiloquium
Latin
Etymology
Coined by Plautus, from stultus + loquor + -ium.
Noun
stultiloquium n (genitive stultiloquiī or stultiloquī); second declension
- babbling, stultiloquy (silly talk)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | stultiloquium | stultiloquia |
| genitive | stultiloquiī stultiloquī1 |
stultiloquiōrum |
| dative | stultiloquiō | stultiloquiīs |
| accusative | stultiloquium | stultiloquia |
| ablative | stultiloquiō | stultiloquiīs |
| vocative | stultiloquium | stultiloquia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “stultiloquium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- stultiloquium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.