English → Latin
“grandiloquent” in Latin
The English word grandiloquent itself goes back to Latin loquor, through grandiloquus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
grandiloquent
grandiloquus, ut ita dicam (Cic.): magniloquus († or post-Augustan, Tac., Agr., 27): magniloquo ore tumidus (Ov.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for grandiloquent?
- The usual Latin words for “grandiloquent” are grandiloquus, magniloquus. 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.