LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

stultiloquentia

stultiloquentia f (genitive stultiloquentiae)
Classical[stʊɫ.tɪ.ɫɔˈkʷɛn.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[stul.ti.loˈkʷɛn.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. femininestupid or silly language
    occlusioremque habeant stultiloquentiam.c. 195 BCE, Plautus, Trinummus 222

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativestultiloquentiastultiloquentiae
genitivestultiloquentiaestultiloquentiārum
dativestultiloquentiaestultiloquentiīs
accusativestultiloquentiamstultiloquentiās
ablativestultiloquentiāstultiloquentiīs
vocativestultiloquentiastultiloquentiae

stultĭlŏquentĭa, ae, f. stultiloquus,
I. silly talk, babbling, stultiloquence, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 185.

Origins

Coined by Plautus, from stultus + loquēns + -ia.

In English words that came into English from stultiloquentia

  • stultiloquencestultiloquentia

Quick answers

What does stultiloquentia mean in Latin?
stultiloquentia, a noun, means “stupid or silly language”.
What is the genitive of stultiloquentia?
The genitive singular is stultiloquentiae. stultiloquentia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce stultiloquentia?
In classical Latin, [stʊɫ.tɪ.ɫɔˈkʷɛn.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [stul.ti.loˈkʷɛn.t͡si.a].