vaniloquus

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

vānĭlŏquus (-lŏcus), a, um, adj. [vanus-loquor], talking emplily or idly, gabbling, prating, i. e.,

I Lying : quia vanilocu's, vapulabis, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 223.— Ambros. Ep. 63, 7.—

II Boastful , bragging , vaunting , Liv. 35, 48, 2: ore, Sil. 14, 280: genus, id. 8, 17.

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