Latin

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Etymology

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From multus +‎ loquor +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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multiloquium n (genitive multiloquiī or multiloquī); second declension

  1. loquaciousness

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative multiloquium multiloquia
Genitive multiloquiī
multiloquī1
multiloquiōrum
Dative multiloquiō multiloquiīs
Accusative multiloquium multiloquia
Ablative multiloquiō multiloquiīs
Vocative multiloquium multiloquia

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

Descendants

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  • English: multiloquy
  • Italian: multiloquio

References

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