loquela

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin loquēla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loˈkwɛ.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛla
• Hyphenation: lo‧què‧la

Noun

loquela f (plural loquele)

1. loquacity
2. language

Latin

Alternative forms

• loquella

Etymology

From loquor (“speak”) +‎ -ēla. The form in -ell- is due to reanalysis as a diminutive.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /loˈkʷeː.la/, [ɫ̪ɔˈkʷeːɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /loˈkwe.la/, [loˈkwɛːlä]

Noun

loquēla f (genitive loquēlae); first declension

1. speech, utterance, language, discourse

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	loquēla	loquēlae
Genitive	loquēlae	loquēlārum
Dative	loquēlae	loquēlīs
Accusative	loquēlam	loquēlās
Ablative	loquēlā	loquēlīs
Vocative	loquēla	loquēlae

References

• “loquela”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “loquela”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• loquela in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• loquela in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.