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LNS

magniloquus, magniloqua, magniloquum

magnusloquor

adjective (2-1-2)

that speaks in a lofty style, sublime
that speaks in a pompous style, magniloquent, vaunting, boastful

Abbreviations

magniloquus, a, um, adj. magnusloquor, that speaks in a lofty style, sublime: Homerus, Stat. S. 5, 3, 62.

— In a bad sense, that speaks in a pompous style, magniloquent, vaunting, boastful: atque illi modo cauti ac sapientes, prompti post eventum ac magniloqui erant, Tac. Agr. 27: os, Ov. M. 8, 396; Mart. 2, 43, 2: lingua, Vulg. Psa. 12, 4: flatus, Stat. Th. 3, 192.