alieniloquium
Latin
Etymology
aliēnus (“alien”) + loquī (“speak”)
- For the meaning of crazy talk, babble, compare to aliēna loquor (“talk strangely, widely”).
- For the meaning of allegory, this is a calque of Ancient Greek ἀλληγορία (allēgoría, “allegory”), from ἄλλος (állos, “other”) + ἀγορεύω (agoreúō, “speak”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.li.eː.niˈlo.kʷi.um/, [a.li.eː.nɪˈɫɔ.kᶣi.ũː]
Noun
aliēniloquium n (genitive aliēniloquiī or aliēniloquī); second declension
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | aliēniloquium | aliēniloquia |
| Genitive | aliēniloquiī aliēniloquī1 |
aliēniloquiōrum |
| Dative | aliēniloquiō | aliēniloquiīs |
| Accusative | aliēniloquium | aliēniloquia |
| Ablative | aliēniloquiō | aliēniloquiīs |
| Vocative | aliēniloquium | aliēniloquia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- English: alieniloquy
References
- alieniloquium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- alieniloquium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- alieniloquium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- alieniloquium in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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