ventriloquus

Latin

Etymology

venter (“belly”) +‎ -loquus (“speaking”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯enˈtri.lo.kʷus/, [u̯ɛn̪ˈt̪rɪɫ̪ɔkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /venˈtri.lo.kwus/, [ven̪ˈt̪riːlokwus]

Noun

ventriloquus m (genitive ventriloquī); second declension

1. ventriloquist

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ventriloquus	ventriloquī
genitive	ventriloquī	ventriloquōrum
dative	ventriloquō	ventriloquīs
accusative	ventriloquum	ventriloquōs
ablative	ventriloquō	ventriloquīs
vocative	ventriloque	ventriloquī

Descendants

• → English: ventriloquous

References

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