breviloquium

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Latin

Etymology

From brevis +‎ loquor.

Pronunciation

(Classical) 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).

Case	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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