-loquus

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Latin

Etymology

loquor (“I speak”) +‎ -us (adjective-forming suffix).

Suffix

-loquus (feminine -loqua, neuter -loquum, comparative -loquentior, superlative -loquentissimus); first/second-declension suffix

  1. Forms adjectives that specify the manner of one's speech
    vānus (“vain, idle”) > vāniloquus (“talking idly, lying, boastful”)
    malus (“evil, bad”) > maliloquus (“evil-speaking, slanderous”)
    venter (“belly”) > ventriloquus (“speaking with the belly, a ventriloquist”)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative -loquus -loqua -loquum -loquī -loquae -loqua
Genitive -loquī -loquae -loquī -loquōrum -loquārum -loquōrum
Dative -loquō -loquō -loquīs
Accusative -loquum -loquam -loquum -loquōs -loquās -loqua
Ablative -loquō -loquā -loquō -loquīs
Vocative -loque -loqua -loquum -loquī -loquae -loqua

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -loquus
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