multiloquentia
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From multus (“much”) + loquentia (“talkativeness, fluency”). First attested in Itala as a calque of Ancient Greek πολυλογία (polulogía, literally “many-wordiness”) - compare the earlier multiloquium.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mul.ti.loˈkʷen.ti.a/, [mʊɫ̪t̪ɪɫ̪ɔˈkʷɛn̪t̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mul.ti.loˈkwen.t͡si.a/, [mul̪t̪iloˈkwɛnt̪͡s̪iä]
Noun edit
multiloquentia f (genitive multiloquentiae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | multiloquentia | multiloquentiae |
| Genitive | multiloquentiae | multiloquentiārum |
| Dative | multiloquentiae | multiloquentiīs |
| Accusative | multiloquentiam | multiloquentiās |
| Ablative | multiloquentiā | multiloquentiīs |
| Vocative | multiloquentia | multiloquentiae |
References edit
- multiloquentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Merriam-webster; Multiloquence
- Patrologiae Cursus Completus: Series Latina
- Wordreference; πολυλογία
- Greek wiktionary; πολυλογία