Latin

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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longiloquium n (genitive longiloquiī or longiloquī); second declension

  1. A long speech.

Declension

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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).

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References

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  • 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016