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magnĭlŏquentĭa , ae, f. magniloquus.
I. Elevated language, a lofty style or strain (class.): “hexametrorum,” Cic. Or. 57, 191: “Homeri,” id. Fam. 13, 15, 2: “Graecarum facundiarum,” Gell. 3, 7, 1.—
II. In a bad sense, pompous language, magniloquence, boasting (perh. not ante-Aug.): “quā auditā re, principem legationis, cujus magniloquentiam vix curia paulo ante ceperat, corruisse,” Liv. 44, 15, 2: “vestra,” Gell. 1, 2, 6: “adulatorum,” Amm. 16, 12, 69.
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 (5):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 13.15.2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 44, 15
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 1.2.6
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 3.7.1
    • Cicero, Orator, 57.191
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