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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *tlokʷāks.
Pronunciation
Adjective
loquāx (genitive loquācis, comparative loquācior, superlative loquācissimus, adverb loquāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective
- talkative, chatty, loquacious
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “loquax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “loquax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- loquax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- loquax in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016