loquax
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lŏquax: ācis, adj. loquor,
I talkative, prating, chattering, loquacious, full of words.
I Lit.: quae (ars) in excogitandis argumentis muta nimium est, in judicandis nimium loquax, Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 160: senectus est naturā loquacior, id. de Sen. 16, 55: homo loquacissimus obmutuit, id. Fl. 20, 48: loquacem esse de aliquo, Prop. 3, 23, 22 (4, 25, 2).—With gen.: mendaciorum loquacissimus, Tert. Apol. 16.—
II Transf.: ranae, croaking, Verg. G. 3, 431: nidus, i. e. in which the young birds chatter, id. A. 12, 475; cf., of young children: ipse (pater) loquaci gaudebit nido, Juv. 5, 142: stagna (on account of the frogs in them), Verg. A. 11, 458: nutus, Tib. 1, 2, 21: oculi, expressive, speaking, id. 2, 7, 25 (2, 6, 43): vultus, Ov. Am. 1, 4, 17: manu, Petr. Fragm. 24: lymphae, murmuring, babbling, Hor. C. 3, 13, 15: fama, Ov. P. 2, 9, 3.—Comp.: avium loquaciores quae minores, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 268.—Hence, adv.: lŏquācĭter, talkatively, loquaciously: loquaciter litigiosus, Cic. Mur. 12, 26: scribetur tibi forma loquaciter et situs agri, i. e. at large, with all the particulars, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 4.— Comp.: loquacius, Paul. Nol. Ep. 39, 8.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
lŏquāx,¹¹ ācis (loquor), bavard, loquace, verbeux : Cic. de Or. 2, 160 ; CM 55 || [avec gén.] Tert. Apol. 16 || bavard, gazouilleur, babillard : Virg. G. 3, 431 ; Ov. Am. 1, 4, 17 ; Hor. O. 3, 13, 15 || -cior Cic. Par. 40 ; -issimus Cic. Fl. 11.
Latin > German (Georges)
loquāx, ācis (loquor), redselig, geschwätzig (Ggstz. mutus, tacitus), a) v. Pers.: convivae, Varro fr.: loquax magis quam facundus, Sall. fr.: senectus est naturā loquacior, Cic.: homo omnium loquacissimus, Cic.: loquacem esse de alqo, Prop.: m. Genet., mendaciorum loquacissimus, Tert. apol. 16. – b) v. Tieren, rana, quakend, Verg.: aves, Plin. – c) übtr., v. Lebl., epistula, Cic. (vgl. ut magis loquacem quam eloquentem haberes epistulam, Augustin. epist. 261, 4): stagna, von den Stimmen geschwätziger Vögel ertönende, Verg.: so auch nidus, voll geschwätziger Jungen, Verg.: vultus, redend, Ov.: lingua, Ov.: oculi, sprechende, ausdrucksvolle Augen, Tibull.: lymphae, murmelnd, Hor.: quae (ars) in excogitandis argumentis muta nimium est, in iudicandis nimium loquax, Cic.
