magniloquus

Latin

Etymology

magnus (“great”) +‎ -loquus (“speaking”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /maɡˈni.lo.kʷus/, [mäŋˈnɪɫ̪ɔkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maɲˈɲi.lo.kwus/, [mäɲˈɲiːlokwus]

Adjective

magniloquus (feminine magniloqua, neuter magniloquum); first/second-declension adjective

1. magniloquent, vaunting, boastful
   • Tacitus, The Life of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, 27.

     atque illi modo cauti ac sapientes prompti post eventum ac magniloqui erant.

     Those who but now were cautious and prudent, became after the event eager and boastful.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	magniloquus	magniloqua	magniloquum		magniloquī	magniloquae	magniloqua
genitive	magniloquī	magniloquae	magniloquī		magniloquōrum	magniloquārum	magniloquōrum
dative	magniloquō	magniloquae	magniloquō		magniloquīs
accusative	magniloquum	magniloquam	magniloquum		magniloquōs	magniloquās	magniloqua
ablative	magniloquō	magniloquā	magniloquō		magniloquīs
vocative	magniloque	magniloqua	magniloquum		magniloquī	magniloquae	magniloqua

References

• “magniloquus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “magniloquus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• magniloquus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• magniloquus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016