magniloquium

Latin

Etymology

From magnus +‎ loquor +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /maɡ.niˈlo.kʷi.um/, [mäŋnɪˈɫ̪ɔkʷiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maɲ.ɲiˈlo.kwi.um/, [mäɲːiˈlɔːkwium]

Noun

magniloquium n (genitive magniloquiī or magniloquī); second declension

1. boasting
2. pomposity

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	magniloquium	magniloquia
genitive	magniloquiī magniloquī1	magniloquiōrum
dative	magniloquiō	magniloquiīs
accusative	magniloquium	magniloquia
ablative	magniloquiō	magniloquiīs
vocative	magniloquium	magniloquia

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

References

• “magniloquium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• magniloquium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.