proper noun · masculinethird declension
Nugipalamloquidēs
Nugipalamloquidēs m sg (genitive Nugipalamloquidis)
Meaning
- One who is a public speaker of nonsense.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Nugipalamloquidēs | — |
| genitive | Nugipalamloquidis | — |
| dative | Nugipalamloquidī | — |
| accusative | Nugipalamloquidem | — |
| ablative | Nugipalamloquide | — |
| vocative | Nugipalamloquidēs | — |
Nūgĭpălamlŏquĭdes, is, m. nugaepalam-loqui,
I. a public talker of nonsense, a comically formed name, Plaut. Pers. 4, 6, 21 Ritschl N. cr.
Origins
From nugae (“nonsense”) + palam (“publicly”) + loqui (“to speak”). Coined by Titus Maccius Plautus (Plaut. Pers. line 703). The term is a modern rendering of the word in the original text, which renders it as Nugiepiloquides, from nugae (“nonsense”) + epi (“on”) + loqui (“to speak”). Therefore, the term would be defined as "a person publicly speaking [on the subject] of nonsense."