veriloquium

Latin

Etymology

Compound of vērus +‎ loquor +‎ -ium, coined by Cicero as a calque of Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία (etumología).

Pronunciation

Noun

vēriloquium n (genitive vēriloquiī or vēriloquī); second declension

  1. etymology

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative vēriloquium vēriloquia
genitive vēriloquiī
vēriloquī1 		vēriloquiōrum
dative vēriloquiō vēriloquiīs
accusative vēriloquium vēriloquia
ablative vēriloquiō vēriloquiīs
vocative vēriloquium vēriloquia

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

References

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