Latin edit

Etymology edit

From loquāx (talkative) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

loquācitās f (genitive loquācitātis); third declension

  1. talkativeness, loquacity

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative loquācitās loquācitātēs
Genitive loquācitātis loquācitātum
Dative loquācitātī loquācitātibus
Accusative loquācitātem loquācitātēs
Ablative loquācitāte loquācitātibus
Vocative loquācitās loquācitātēs

Descendants edit

  • Catalan: loquacitat
  • Italian: loquacità
  • Sicilian: luquacità
  • Spanish: locuacidad

References edit

  • loquacitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • loquacitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • loquacitas 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)
  • loquacitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.