vaniloquium
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From vānus (“empty”) + loquor (“to speak”) + -ium.
Noun
[edit]vāniloquium n (genitive vāniloquiī or vāniloquī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vāniloquium | vāniloquia |
| genitive | vāniloquiī vāniloquī1 |
vāniloquiōrum |
| dative | vāniloquiō | vāniloquiīs |
| accusative | vāniloquium | vāniloquia |
| ablative | vāniloquiō | vāniloquiīs |
| vocative | vāniloquium | vāniloquia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
[edit]- “vaniloquium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vaniloquium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- vaniloquium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.