breviloquium

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Latin

Etymology

From brevis +‎ loquor.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /bre.u̯iˈlo.kʷi.um/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bre.viˈlo.kwi.um/,

Noun

breviloquium n (genitive breviloquiī or breviloquī); second declension

brevity of speech, conciseness

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	breviloquium	breviloquia
genitive	breviloquiī breviloquī¹	breviloquiōrum
dative	breviloquiō	breviloquiīs
accusative	breviloquium	breviloquia
ablative	breviloquiō	breviloquiīs
vocative	breviloquium	breviloquia

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

References

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

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