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lŏquācĭtas , ātis, f. loquax,
I.talkativeness, loquacity, Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 4: “Macri loquacitas,” id. Leg. 1, 2, 7: “Graeci alicujus,” id. de Or. 1, 23, 105: “quo quaeque accuratius celantur, eo facilius loquacitate regiorum ministrorum emanant,” Liv. 44, 35, 3: “in loquacitatem incidere,” Quint. 5, 10, 91: “inanem loquacitatem recidet,” id. 10, 5, 22; so, “inanis,” id. 10, 3, 2; cf. id. 8, 2, 17.—Of birds: “expressior loquacitas picarum generi,” Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 110.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 6.4.4
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.23
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 44, 35
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 1.2
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 5, 10.91
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 2.17
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 3.2
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 5.22
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