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veriloquium

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Latin

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Etymology

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From vērus +‎ loquor +‎ -ium, coined by Cicero as a calque of Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία (etumología).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vēriloquium n (genitive vēriloquiī or vēriloquī); second declension

  1. etymology

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative vēriloquium vēriloquia
genitive vēriloquiī
vēriloquī1
vēriloquiōrum
dative vēriloquiō vēriloquiīs
accusative vēriloquium vēriloquia
ablative vēriloquiō vēriloquiīs
vocative vēriloquium vēriloquia

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

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