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Latin
Etymology
From vērus + loquor + -ium, coined by Cicero as a calque of Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία (etumología).
Pronunciation
Noun
vēriloquium n (genitive vēriloquiī or vēriloquī); second declension
- etymology
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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