grandiloquus

Latin

Etymology

From grandis (“great”) +‎ -loquus (“speaking”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡranˈdi.lo.kʷus/, [ɡrän̪ˈd̪ɪɫ̪ɔkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡranˈdi.lo.kwus/, [ɡrän̪ˈd̪iːlokwus]

Adjective

grandiloquus (feminine grandiloqua, neuter grandiloquum); first/second-declension adjective

1. grandiloquent
2. boastful

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	grandiloquus	grandiloqua	grandiloquum		grandiloquī	grandiloquae	grandiloqua
Genitive	grandiloquī	grandiloquae	grandiloquī		grandiloquōrum	grandiloquārum	grandiloquōrum
Dative	grandiloquō		grandiloquō		grandiloquīs
Accusative	grandiloquum	grandiloquam	grandiloquum		grandiloquōs	grandiloquās	grandiloqua
Ablative	grandiloquō	grandiloquā	grandiloquō		grandiloquīs
Vocative	grandiloque	grandiloqua	grandiloquum		grandiloquī	grandiloquae	grandiloqua

Related terms

• loquor

Descendants

• English: grandiloquent
• French: grandiloquent
• Portuguese: grandíloquo, grandiloquente
• Spanish: grandílocuo, grandilocuente

References

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