vaniloquium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From vānus (“empty”) + loquor (“to speak”) + -ium.
Noun edit
vāniloquium n (genitive vāniloquiī or vāniloquī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vāniloquium | vāniloquia |
| Genitive | vāniloquiī vāniloquī1 |
vāniloquiōrum |
| Dative | vāniloquiō | vāniloquiīs |
| Accusative | vāniloquium | vāniloquia |
| Ablative | vāniloquiō | vāniloquiīs |
| Vocative | vāniloquium | vāniloquia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References edit
- “vaniloquium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vaniloquium 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)
- vaniloquium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.