-loquus

Latin

Etymology

loquor (“I speak”) +‎ -us (adjective-forming suffix).

Suffix

-loquus (feminine -loqua, neuter -loquum, comparative -loquentior, superlative -loquentissimus); first/second-declension suffix

1. Forms adjectives that specify the manner of one's speech

   vānus (“vain, idle”) > vāniloquus (“talking idly, lying, boastful”)

   malus (“evil, bad”) > maliloquus (“evil-speaking, slanderous”)

   venter (“belly”) > ventriloquus (“speaking with the belly, a ventriloquist”)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	-loquus	-loqua	-loquum		-loquī	-loquae	-loqua
genitive	-loquī	-loquae	-loquī		-loquōrum	-loquārum	-loquōrum
dative	-loquō	-loquae	-loquō		-loquīs
accusative	-loquum	-loquam	-loquum		-loquōs	-loquās	-loqua
ablative	-loquō	-loquā	-loquō		-loquīs
vocative	-loque	-loqua	-loquum		-loquī	-loquae	-loqua

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -loquus