breviloquium
Latin
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /bre.u̯iˈlo.kʷi.um/, [breu̯ɪˈɫ̪ɔkʷiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /bre.viˈlo.kwi.um/, [breviˈlɔːkwium]
Noun
editbreviloquium n (genitive breviloquiī or breviloquī); second declension
- brevity of speech, conciseness
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | breviloquium | breviloquia |
Genitive | breviloquiī breviloquī1 |
breviloquiōrum |
Dative | breviloquiō | breviloquiīs |
Accusative | breviloquium | breviloquia |
Ablative | breviloquiō | breviloquiīs |
Vocative | breviloquium | breviloquia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
edit- “breviloquium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- breviloquium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.