stultiloquentia

Latin

Etymology

Coined by Plautus, from stultus +‎ loquēns +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /stul.ti.loˈkʷen.ti.a/, [s̠t̪ʊɫ̪t̪ɪɫ̪ɔˈkʷɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /stul.ti.loˈkwen.t͡si.a/, [st̪ul̪t̪iloˈkwɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

stultiloquentia f (genitive stultiloquentiae); first declension

1. (hapax) stupid or silly language
   • c. 195 BCE, Plautus, Trinummus 222:

     occlusioremque habeant stultiloquentiam.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	stultiloquentia	stultiloquentiae
genitive	stultiloquentiae	stultiloquentiārum
dative	stultiloquentiae	stultiloquentiīs
accusative	stultiloquentiam	stultiloquentiās
ablative	stultiloquentiā	stultiloquentiīs
vocative	stultiloquentia	stultiloquentiae

References

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