loquax Latin · revision 32171

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *tlokʷ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈɫɔ.kʷaːks]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈlɔː.kʷaks]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''loquāx''' (genitive loquācis, comparative loquācior, superlative loquācissimus, adverb loquāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|loquor|-āx|t1=to speak]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|loquor]] to [[itc-pro|*(t)lokʷ-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*tlokʷ-|t=to talk]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sga|ad·tluchedar|t=gives thanks]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first example is in Plautus' ''Aulularia'': “we women are all rightly thought talkative”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates it from Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means talkative or loquacious, and Cicero writes that old age is by nature more talkative, and of a very talkative man who fell silent.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of writing it is wordy, as Cicero's long letter; of birds and animals it is chattering, as Virgil's croaking frogs, and also of water.^(OLD 2012) Of things that cannot speak it means talking, as Seneca's speaking oak of Dodona, and of gestures expressive, as Tibullus' eloquent nods exchanged in the presence of a husband.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein explains that the ''loquax'' is tiresome by the quantity of what he says, the ''[[garrulus]]'' by its quality.^(Döderlein 1874) English ''loquacious'' (1660s) is formed from its stem.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of talkative women.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of talkative old age and a wordy letter.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of croaking frogs.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1660s – English [[m|en|loquacious]] is formed from its stem.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|talkative|alt=Talkative]], [[m|en|loquacious]]; of writing, wordy, verbose.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of birds or animals, chattering, clamorous; of water, babbling.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Of things normally speechless, talking; of gestures, expressive.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[loquācitās]]

+ * [[loquāculus]]

+ * [[magniloquāx]]

+ * [[maliloquāx]]

+ * [[multiloquax]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[loquor]]

+ * [[garrulus]]

+ * [[en|loquacious]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}