grandiloquus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From grandis (“great”) + -loquus (“speaking”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ɡranˈdi.lo.kʷus/, [ɡrän̪ˈd̪ɪɫ̪ɔkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ɡranˈdi.lo.kwus/, [ɡrän̪ˈd̪iːlokwus]
Adjective
[edit]grandiloquus (feminine grandiloqua, neuter grandiloquum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | grandiloquus | grandiloqua | grandiloquum | grandiloquī | grandiloquae | grandiloqua | |
| genitive | grandiloquī | grandiloquae | grandiloquī | grandiloquōrum | grandiloquārum | grandiloquōrum | |
| dative | grandiloquō | grandiloquae | grandiloquō | grandiloquīs | |||
| accusative | grandiloquum | grandiloquam | grandiloquum | grandiloquōs | grandiloquās | grandiloqua | |
| ablative | grandiloquō | grandiloquā | grandiloquō | grandiloquīs | |||
| vocative | grandiloque | grandiloqua | grandiloquum | grandiloquī | grandiloquae | grandiloqua | |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: grandiloquent
- French: grandiloquent
- Portuguese: grandíloquo, grandiloquente
- Spanish: grandílocuo, grandilocuente
References
[edit]- “grandiloquus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “grandiloquus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- grandiloquus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.