magnĭlŏquus, a, um, adj. [magnus-loquor],
I that speaks in a lofty style, sublime : Homerus, Stat. S. 5, 3, 62.—
II 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.