loquax

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *tlokʷetorder.

Proto-Italic *tlokʷōr

Latin loquor

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂-k-s

Proto-Italic *-āks

Latin -āx

Latin loquāx

From loquor + -āx.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫɔ.kʷaːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlɔː.kʷaks]

Adjective

loquāx (genitive loquācis, comparative loquācior, superlative loquācissimus, adverb loquāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. talkative, chatty, loquacious

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	loquāx			loquācēs	loquācia
genitive	loquācis			loquācium
dative	loquācī			loquācibus
accusative	loquācem	loquāx		loquācīs loquācēs	loquācia
ablative	loquācī loquāce			loquācibus
vocative	loquāx			loquācēs	loquācia

Derived terms

• loquācitās
• loquāciter
• loquāculus

Descendants

• Catalan: loquaç
• English: loquacious
• French: loquace
• Italian: loquace
• Portuguese: loquaz
• Romanian: locvace
• Sicilian: luquaci
• Spanish: locuaz

References

• “loquax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “loquax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “loquax”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• loquax in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016