blandiloquium

Latin

Etymology

From blandus +‎ loquor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /blan.diˈlo.kʷi.um/, [bɫ̪än̪d̪ɪˈɫ̪ɔkʷiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /blan.diˈlo.kwi.um/, [blän̪d̪iˈlɔːkwium]

Noun

blandiloquium n (genitive blandiloquiī or blandiloquī); second declension

1. flattering speech

Declension

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

• “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.