tardiloquus

Latin

Etymology

From tardus +‎ loquor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tarˈdi.lo.kʷus/, [t̪ärˈd̪ɪɫ̪ɔkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tarˈdi.lo.kwus/, [t̪ärˈd̪iːlokwus]

Adjective

tardiloquus (feminine tardiloqua, neuter tardiloquum); first/second-declension adjective

1. slow-speaking, slow of speech

Declension

First/second-declension adjective

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tardiloquus	tardiloqua	tardiloquum		tardiloquī	tardiloquae	tardiloqua
genitive	tardiloquī	tardiloquae	tardiloquī		tardiloquōrum	tardiloquārum	tardiloquōrum
dative	tardiloquō	tardiloquae	tardiloquō		tardiloquīs
accusative	tardiloquum	tardiloquam	tardiloquum		tardiloquōs	tardiloquās	tardiloqua
ablative	tardiloquō	tardiloquā	tardiloquō		tardiloquīs
vocative	tardiloque	tardiloqua	tardiloquum		tardiloquī	tardiloquae	tardiloqua

References

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