Latin Edit

Etymology Edit

From longus (long) +‎ loquor (say, speak, tell, talk) +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

longiloquium n (genitive longiloquiī or longiloquī); second declension

  1. A long speech.

Declension Edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative longiloquium longiloquia
Genitive longiloquiī
longiloquī1
longiloquiōrum
Dative longiloquiō longiloquiīs
Accusative longiloquium longiloquia
Ablative longiloquiō longiloquiīs
Vocative longiloquium longiloquia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms Edit

References Edit

  • longiloquium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • longiloquium 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)
  • longiloquium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • longiloquium in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016