falsiloquium
Latin
Etymology
From falsus + loquor + -ium.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [faɫ.sɪˈɫɔ.kʷi.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fal.siˈlɔː.kʷi.um]
Noun
falsiloquium n (genitive falsiloquiī or falsiloquī); second declension
- false speaking, falsehood
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | falsiloquium | falsiloquia |
| genitive | falsiloquiī falsiloquī1 |
falsiloquiōrum |
| dative | falsiloquiō | falsiloquiīs |
| accusative | falsiloquium | falsiloquia |
| ablative | falsiloquiō | falsiloquiīs |
| vocative | falsiloquium | falsiloquia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “falsiloquium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- falsiloquium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.