breviloquium
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /bre.u̯iˈlo.kʷi.um/, [breu̯ɪˈɫ̪ɔkʷiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /bre.viˈlo.kwi.um/, [breviˈlɔːkwium]
Noun
[edit]breviloquium n (genitive breviloquiī or breviloquī); second declension
- brevity of speech, conciseness
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | breviloquium | breviloquia |
| genitive | breviloquiī breviloquī1 |
breviloquiōrum |
| dative | breviloquiō | breviloquiīs |
| accusative | breviloquium | breviloquia |
| ablative | breviloquiō | breviloquiīs |
| vocative | breviloquium | breviloquia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
[edit]- “breviloquium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- breviloquium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.