magniloquentia
From LSJ
ἐφ' ἁρμαμαξῶν μαλθακῶς κατακείμενοι → reclining softly on litters, reclining luxuriously in covered carriages
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
magnĭlŏquentĭa: ae, f. magniloquus.
I Elevated language, a lofty style or strain (class.): hexametrorum, Cic. Or. 57, 191: Homeri, id. Fam. 13, 15, 2: Graecarum facundiarum, Gell. 3, 7, 1.—
II In a bad sense, pompous language, magniloquence, boasting (perh. not ante-Aug.): quā auditā re, principem legationis, cujus magniloquentiam vix curia paulo ante ceperat, corruisse, Liv. 44, 15, 2: vestra, Gell. 1, 2, 6: adulatorum, Amm. 16, 12, 69.
