Nugipalamloquides

Latin

Etymology

From nugae (“nonsense”) +‎ palam (“publicly”) +‎ loqui (“to speak”). Coined by Titus Maccius Plautus (Plaut. Pers. line 703). The term is a modern rendering of the word in the original text, which renders it as Nugiepiloquides, from nugae (“nonsense”) +‎ epi (“on”) +‎ loqui (“to speak”). The reason why the term ends in loquides is because Plautus' original text was written in Old Latin. The letter t was often rendered as a d in Old Latin, meaning that the t in "locūtor" originally would have been a d, forming "-dor" instead of "-tor". As the term is in the third declension, the genitive form of "loquidor" in Old Latin could be rendered as "loquides", as the letter s often took the place of the letter r in Old Latin. Therefore, the term would be defined as "a person publicly speaking of nonsense.".

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /nu.ɡi.pa.lamˈlo.kʷi.des/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nu.d͡ʒi.pa.lamˈlo.kwi.des/,

Adjective

Nugipalamloquides (genitive Nugipalamloquidetis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. One who is a public speaker of nonsense.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.