Italian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin loquēla.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /loˈkwɛ.la/
  • Rhymes: -ɛla
  • Hyphenation: lo‧què‧la

Noun edit

loquela f (plural loquele)

  1. loquacity
  2. language

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From loquor (speak) +‎ -ēla. The form in -ell- is due to reanalysis as a diminutive.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

loquēla f (genitive loquēlae); first declension

  1. speech, utterance, language, discourse

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative loquēla loquēlae
Genitive loquēlae loquēlārum
Dative loquēlae loquēlīs
Accusative loquēlam loquēlās
Ablative loquēlā loquēlīs
Vocative loquēla loquēlae

References edit

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