multiloquentia
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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 Latin) 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
- πολυλογία at Greek Wiktionary