maliloquium

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Latin

Etymology

From male +‎ loquor +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ma.liˈlo.kʷi.um/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.liˈlo.kwi.um/,

Noun

maliloquium n (genitive maliloquiī or maliloquī); second declension

an evil-speaking, slander

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	maliloquium	maliloquia
Genitive	maliloquiī maliloquī¹	maliloquiōrum
Dative	maliloquiō	maliloquiīs
Accusative	maliloquium	maliloquia
Ablative	maliloquiō	maliloquiīs
Vocative	maliloquium	maliloquia

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

References

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

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