-loquus

== Latin == === Etymology === From loquor (“to speak”) + -us (adjective-forming suffix). === Suffix === -loquus (feminine -loqua, neuter -loquum, comparative -loquentior, superlative -loquentissimus); first/second-declension suffix Forms adjectives that specify the manner of one's speech vānus (“vain, idle”) > vāniloquus (“talking idly, lying, boastful”) malus (“evil, bad”) > maliloquus (“evil-speaking, slanderous”) venter (“belly”) > ventriloquus (“speaking with the belly, a ventriloquist”) ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ====