vaniloquus

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οἱ βάρβαροι γὰρ ἄνδρας ἡγοῦνται μόνους τοὺς πλεῖστα δυναμένους καταφαγεῖν καὶ πιεῖν → for great feeders and heavy drinkers are alone esteemed as men by the barbarians

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

vānĭlŏquus: (-lŏcus), a, um, adj. vanus-loquor,
I 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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

vānĭlŏquus,¹⁶ a, um (vanus, loquor), menteur : Pl. Amph. 379 || plein de jactance, fanfaron : Liv. 35, 48, 2.