English → Latin
“grandiloquence” in Latin
magniloquentiaVerbose or elevated speech, of a grandiose style; Pompous or boastful languagehexameterhexameterHomērusHomer, the Greek poet
The English word grandiloquence itself goes back to Latin grandis, through grandiloquentia.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
grandiloquence
magniloquentia (in Cic., not in a contemptuous sense; e.g., hexametrorum, Homeri; in Livy, of boastful grandiloquence, 44, 15. ☞ Not grandiloquentia, which Wyttenbach uses): granditas verborum (Cic., but not in a contemptuous sense): genus dicendi, quod tumore immodico turgescit (Quint., 12, 10, 73): tumidior sermo (Liv.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for grandiloquence?
- The usual Latin words for “grandiloquence” are magniloquentia, hexameter, Homērus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.