Latin edit

Etymology edit

From multus +‎ loquor +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

multiloquium n (genitive multiloquiī or multiloquī); second declension

  1. loquaciousness

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative multiloquium multiloquia
Genitive multiloquiī
multiloquī1
multiloquiōrum
Dative multiloquiō multiloquiīs
Accusative multiloquium multiloquia
Ablative multiloquiō multiloquiīs
Vocative multiloquium multiloquia

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

Descendants edit

  • English: multiloquy
  • Italian: multiloquio

References edit

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