soliloquium
Latin
Etymology
From sōlus (“alone”) + loquor (“to speak”) + -ium.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /soː.liˈlo.kʷi.um/, [s̠oːlʲɪˈɫ̪ɔkʷiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /so.liˈlo.kwi.um/, [soliˈlɔːkwium]
Noun
sōliloquium n (genitive sōliloquiī or sōliloquī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sōliloquium | sōliloquia |
| Genitive | sōliloquiī sōliloquī1 |
sōliloquiōrum |
| Dative | sōliloquiō | sōliloquiīs |
| Accusative | sōliloquium | sōliloquia |
| Ablative | sōliloquiō | sōliloquiīs |
| Vocative | sōliloquium | sōliloquia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- French: soliloque
- Italian: soliloquio
- Galician: soliloquio
References
- “soliloquium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- soliloquium 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)
- soliloquium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.