Latin edit

Etymology edit

From inānis +‎ loquor +‎ -ium.

Noun edit

ināniloquium n (genitive ināniloquiī or ināniloquī); second declension

  1. nonsense
  2. vain talking

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ināniloquium ināniloquia
Genitive ināniloquiī
ināniloquī1
ināniloquiōrum
Dative ināniloquiō ināniloquiīs
Accusative ināniloquium ināniloquia
Ablative ināniloquiō ināniloquiīs
Vocative ināniloquium ināniloquia

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

References edit

  • inaniloquium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • inaniloquium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • inaniloquium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016