linguax

Latin

Etymology

From lingua (“tongue”) +‎ -ax.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlin.ɡʷaːks/, [ˈlʲɪŋɡʷäːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlin.ɡwaks/, [ˈliŋɡwäks]

Adjective

linguāx (genitive linguācis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. loquacious
   • c. 125 CE – c. 180 CE, Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights 1.15:

     Neque minus insigniter ueteres quoque nostri hoc genus homines in uerba proiectos “locutuleios” et “blaterones” et “linguaces” dixerunt.

     Not any less notably, our forebears also called such men given to words as "chatterers", "babblers", "prattlers".

   • 1518, Erasmus, Colloquia Lusus Pueriles:

     Nam perfrictae frontis est, ac bene linguax.

     He is both bold and very loquacious.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	linguāx			linguācēs	linguācia
Genitive	linguācis			linguācium
Dative	linguācī			linguācibus
Accusative	linguācem	linguāx		linguācēs	linguācia
Ablative	linguācī			linguācibus
Vocative	linguāx			linguācēs	linguācia

Synonyms

• loquax

References

• “linguax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• linguax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.