loquacitas

Latin

Etymology

From loquāx (“talkative”) + -itās, suffix indicating a state of being.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /loˈkʷaː.ki.taːs/, [ɫ̪ɔˈkʷäːkɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /loˈkwa.t͡ʃi.tas/, [loˈkwäːt͡ʃit̪äs]

Noun

loquācitās f (genitive loquācitātis); third declension

1. talkativeness, loquacity
2. vocative singular of loquācitās

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	loquācitās	loquācitātēs
Genitive	loquācitātis	loquācitātum
Dative	loquācitātī	loquācitātibus
Accusative	loquācitātem	loquācitātēs
Ablative	loquācitāte	loquācitātibus
Vocative	loquācitās	loquācitātēs

Descendants

• Catalan: loquacitat
• Spanish: locuacidad

References

• “loquacitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “loquacitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• loquacitas 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)
• loquacitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.