loquacior

Latin

Etymology

Comparative of loquāx ("talkative") + -ior.

Pronunciation

Adjective

loquācior (comparative, neuter loquācius); third declension

  1. comparative degree of loquāx
    Quis loquacior est quam meus psittacus?
    Who is more talkative than my parrot?
    • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior de Senectute 16.55:
      Ignōscētis autem; nam et studiō rūsticārum rērum prōvectus sum, et senectūs est nātūra loquācior — nē ab omnibus eam vitiīs videar vindicāre.
      You will excuse me, however; for I have been carried away by my enthusiasm for rural life, and old age is naturally more talkative — [I say this] lest I should seem to be claiming that it is free from every fault.

Declension

Third-declension comparative adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative loquācior loquācius loquāciōrēs loquāciōra
genitive loquāciōris loquāciōrum
dative loquāciōrī loquāciōribus
accusative loquāciōrem loquācius loquāciōrēs
loquāciōrīs 		loquāciōra
ablative loquāciōre
loquāciōrī 		loquāciōribus
vocative loquācior loquācius loquāciōrēs loquāciōra

References

“loquax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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