loquela
From LSJ
Πενία δ' ἄτιμον καὶ τὸν εὐγενῆ ποιεῖ → Pauper inhonorus, genere sit clarus licet → Die Armut nimmt selbst dem, der edel ist, die Ehr'
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lŏquēla: (incorrectly written lŏquel-la), ae, f. id.,
I speech, language, words, discourse.
I Lit.: commoda loquelam tuam, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 76: fuditque has ore loquelas, Verg. A. 5, 842: nutricis blanda loquela, Lucr. 5, 230.—
II Transf. *
A A word: hinc quidam loquelam dixerunt verbum, Varr. L. L. 6, § 57 Müll.—*
B A language: Graia loquela, Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 68.
