loquela

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

lŏquēla (incorrectly written lŏquel-la), ae, f. [loquor], speech, language, words, discourse.

I Lit.: commoda loquelam tuam, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 76: fuditque has ore loquelas, Verg. A. 5, 842: nutricis blanda loquela, Lucr. 5, 230.—

II Transf. *

A A word : hinc quidam loquelam dixerunt verbum, Varr. L. L. 6, § 57 Müll.—*

B A language : Graia loquela, Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 68.

Related Words