terriloquus

== Latin == === Etymology === From terreō (“to frighten”) + -loquus (“speaking”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɛrˈrɪ.ɫɔ.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [terˈriː.lo.kʷus] === Adjective === terriloquus (feminine terriloqua, neuter terriloquum); first/second-declension adjective speaking in a way to inspire fear ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “terriloquus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “terriloquus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. terriloquus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016