loquacior
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Comparative of loquāx ("talkative") + -ior.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /loˈkʷaː.ki.or/, [ɫ̪ɔˈkʷäːkiɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /loˈkwa.t͡ʃi.or/, [loˈkwäːt͡ʃior]
Adjective edit
loquācior (neuter loquācius); third declension
- comparative degree of loquāx
- Quis loquacior est quam meus psittacus?
- Who is more talkative than my parrot?
Declension edit
Third-declension comparative adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | loquācior | loquācius | loquāciōrēs | loquāciōra | |
| Genitive | loquāciōris | loquāciōrum | |||
| Dative | loquāciōrī | loquāciōribus | |||
| Accusative | loquāciōrem | loquācius | loquāciōrēs | loquāciōra | |
| Ablative | loquāciōre | loquāciōribus | |||
| Vocative | loquācior | loquācius | loquāciōrēs | loquāciōra | |
References edit
“loquax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press