stultiloquium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Coined by Plautus, from stultus + loquor + -ium.
Noun edit
stultiloquium n (genitive stultiloquiī or stultiloquī); second declension
- babbling, stultiloquy (silly talk)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | stultiloquium | stultiloquia |
| Genitive | stultiloquiī stultiloquī1 |
stultiloquiōrum |
| Dative | stultiloquiō | stultiloquiīs |
| Accusative | stultiloquium | stultiloquia |
| Ablative | stultiloquiō | stultiloquiīs |
| Vocative | stultiloquium | stultiloquia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References edit
- “stultiloquium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- stultiloquium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.