I.that speaks in a lofty style, sublime: Homerus, Stat. S. 5, 3, 62.—
II. In a bad sense, that speaks in a pompous style, magniloquent, vaunting, boastful: “atque illi modo cauti ac sapientes, prompti post eventum ac magniloqui erant,” Tac. Agr. 27: “os,” Ov. M. 8, 396; Mart. 2, 43, 2: “lingua,” Vulg. Psa. 12, 4: “flatus,” Stat. Th. 3, 192.