grandiloquus
Latin > English
grandiloquus grandiloqua, grandiloquum ADJ :: speaking grandly; boastful
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
grandĭlŏquus: i, m. grandis-loquor,
I speaking grandly or loftily: et grandiloqui, ut ita dicam, fuerunt cum ampla et sententiarum gravitate et majestate verborum, Cic. Or. 5, 20; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 66: stilus, Serv. Verg. Vit.—In a bad sense, grandiloquent: isti grandiloqui (i. e. Stoici), boasters, Cic. Tusc. 5, 31, 89.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
grandĭlŏquus, a, um (grandis, loquor), qui a le style pompeux : Cic. Tusc. 5, 89 || orateur au grand style : Cic. Or. 20.
Latin > German (Georges)
grandiloquus (grandilocus), a, um (grandis u. loquor), I) großsprecherisch, subst. ein Großsprecher, v. stoischen Tugendschwätzer, Cic. Tusc. 5, 89. – II) großartig, feierlich im Stile, v. Redner u. Dichter, Cic. or. 20. Quint. 10, 1, 66: facultas, Mart. Cap. 5. § 436: grandiloqua illa sententia concilii Vagacensis, Augustin. epist. 108, 15: stilus, Serv. Verg. vit. (vol. 1. p. 2 ed. Lion).
