blandiloquium
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /blan.diˈlo.kʷi.um/, [bɫ̪än̪d̪ɪˈɫ̪ɔkʷiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /blan.diˈlo.kwi.um/, [blän̪d̪iˈlɔːkwium]
Noun
[edit]blandiloquium n (genitive blandiloquiī or blandiloquī); second declension
- flattering speech
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | blandiloquium | blandiloquia |
| genitive | blandiloquiī blandiloquī1 |
blandiloquiōrum |
| dative | blandiloquiō | blandiloquiīs |
| accusative | blandiloquium | blandiloquia |
| ablative | blandiloquiō | blandiloquiīs |
| vocative | blandiloquium | blandiloquia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
[edit]- “blandiloquium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- blandiloquium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.