blandiloquium

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Latin

Etymology

From blandus +‎ loquor.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /blan.diˈlo.kʷi.um/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /blan.diˈlo.kwi.um/,

Noun

blandiloquium n (genitive blandiloquiī or blandiloquī); second declension

flattering speech

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	blandiloquium	blandiloquia
Genitive	blandiloquiī blandiloquī¹	blandiloquiōrum
Dative	blandiloquiō	blandiloquiīs
Accusative	blandiloquium	blandiloquia
Ablative	blandiloquiō	blandiloquiīs
Vocative	blandiloquium	blandiloquia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

“blandiloquium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
blandiloquium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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