inaniloquium

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Latin

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Etymology

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From inānis +‎ loquor +‎ -ium.

Noun

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ināniloquium n (genitive ināniloquiī or ināniloquī); second declension

  1. nonsense
  2. vain talking

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

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  • inaniloquium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • inaniloquium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • inaniloquium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016