multiloquentia
Latin
Etymology
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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mʊɫ.tɪ.ɫɔˈkʷɛn.ti.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [mul̪.t̪i.loˈkʷɛn.t̪͡s̪i.a]
Noun
multiloquentia f (genitive multiloquentiae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | multiloquentia | multiloquentiae |
| genitive | multiloquentiae | multiloquentiārum |
| dative | multiloquentiae | multiloquentiīs |
| accusative | multiloquentiam | multiloquentiās |
| ablative | multiloquentiā | multiloquentiīs |
| vocative | multiloquentia | multiloquentiae |
References
- multiloquentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Merriam-webster; Multiloquence
- Patrologiae Cursus Completus: Series Latina
- Wordreference; πολυλογία
- πολυλογία at Greek Wiktionary