LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

magniloquentia

magniloquentia f (genitive magniloquentiae)
Classical[maŋ.nɪ.ɫɔˈkʷɛn.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[maɲ.ɲi.loˈkʷɛn.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. feminineVerbose or elevated speech, of a grandiose style
    Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares, 13.15. itaque ab Homeri magniloquentia confero me ad vera praecepta Euripidou.Accordingly from the high style of Homer I transfer myself to the true maxims of Euripides.
  2. femininePompous or boastful language
    Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, 44.15.2. qua audita re principem legationis, cuius magniloquentiam uix curia paulo ante ceperat, corruisse.On hearing this the leader of the legation, whose boastful language the House had a few moments before hardly been able to endure, fell down in a state of collapse.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemagniloquentiamagniloquentiae
genitivemagniloquentiaemagniloquentiārum
dativemagniloquentiaemagniloquentiīs
accusativemagniloquentiammagniloquentiās
ablativemagniloquentiāmagniloquentiīs
vocativemagniloquentiamagniloquentiae

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

magniloquentia, granditas verborum
pathos; passion.

magnĭlŏquentĭa, ae, f. magniloquus.
I. Elevated language, a lofty style or strain (class.): hexametrorum, Cic. Or. 57, 191: Homeri, id. Fam. 13, 15, 2: Graecarum facundiarum, Gell. 3, 7, 1.—
II. In a bad sense, pompous language, magniloquence, boasting (perh. not ante-Aug.): quā auditā re, principem legationis, cujus magniloquentiam vix curia paulo ante ceperat, corruisse, Liv. 44, 15, 2: vestra, Gell. 1, 2, 6: adulatorum, Amm. 16, 12, 69.

Origins

From magniloquus + -entia.

In English words that came into English from magniloquentia

  • magniloquencemagniloquentia

Quick answers

What does magniloquentia mean in Latin?
magniloquentia, a noun, means “Verbose or elevated speech, of a grandiose style; Pompous or boastful language”.
What is the genitive of magniloquentia?
The genitive singular is magniloquentiae. magniloquentia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce magniloquentia?
In classical Latin, [maŋ.nɪ.ɫɔˈkʷɛn.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [maɲ.ɲi.loˈkʷɛn.t͡si.a].