alieniloquium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From aliēnus (“alien”) + loquī (“speak”) + -ium.
- For the meaning of crazy talk, babble, compare to aliēna loquor (“talk strangely, widely”).
- For the meaning of allegory, this is a calque of Ancient Greek ἀλληγορία (allēgoría, “allegory”), from ἄλλος (állos, “other”) + ἀγορεύω (agoreúō, “speak”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.li.eː.niˈlo.kʷi.um/, [älʲieːnɪˈɫ̪ɔkʷiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.li.e.niˈlo.kwi.um/, [älieniˈlɔːkwium]
Noun edit
aliēniloquium n (genitive aliēniloquiī or aliēniloquī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | aliēniloquium | aliēniloquia |
| Genitive | aliēniloquiī aliēniloquī1 |
aliēniloquiōrum |
| Dative | aliēniloquiō | aliēniloquiīs |
| Accusative | aliēniloquium | aliēniloquia |
| Ablative | aliēniloquiō | aliēniloquiīs |
| Vocative | aliēniloquium | aliēniloquia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants edit
- English: alieniloquy
References edit
- “alieniloquium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- alieniloquium 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)
- alieniloquium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- alieniloquium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016