loquela
Italian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin loquēla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /loˈkwɛ.la/
- Rhymes: -ɛla
- Hyphenation: lo‧què‧la
Noun
loquela f (plural loquele)
- loquacity
- language
Latin
Alternative forms
- loquella
Etymology
From loquor (“speak”) + -ēla. The form in -ell- is due to reanalysis as a diminutive.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /loˈkʷeː.la/, [ɫ̪ɔˈkʷeːɫ̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /loˈkwe.la/, [loˈkwɛːlä]
Noun
loquēla f (genitive loquēlae); first declension
- speech, utterance, language, discourse
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | loquēla | loquēlae |
| Genitive | loquēlae | loquēlārum |
| Dative | loquēlae | loquēlīs |
| Accusative | loquēlam | loquēlās |
| Ablative | loquēlā | loquēlīs |
| Vocative | loquēla | loquēlae |
References
- “loquela”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “loquela”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- loquela in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- loquela in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette