magniloquentia
magniloquentia, elevated language, lofty style
magnĭlŏquentĭa, ae, f. [magniloquus].
- 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.
māgniloquentia, ae, f. (magniloquus), I) das Erhabene, Pathetische des Ausdrucks, Homeri, Cic. ep. 13, 15, 2: hexametrorum, Cic. or. 191: Graecarum facundiarum, Gell. 3, 7, 1: dictorum, Iul. Val. 1, 38 (37). – II) im üblen Sinne, das Großsprechen, die Prahlerei, alcis, Liv. 44, 15, 2. Schol. in Caes. Germ. Arat. 331. p. 413 E.: vestra, Gell. 1, 2, 6: adulatorum, Amm. 16, 12, 69.
magnĭlŏquentĭa, æ, f. , ¶ 1 sublimité de langage, majesté du style : Cic. Fam. 13, 15, 2 ; Or. 191 ; Gell. 4, 7, 1 ¶ 2 jactance (grandiloquence) : Liv. 44, 15, 2 ; Gell. 1, 2, 6.
- 1. verheven, pathetische taal [Homeri];
- 2. opschepperij, snoeverij.
māgniloquentia ae, f
- magniloquus, elevated language, lofty style: hexametrorum: Homeri. —Pompous language, magniloquence, boasting: alcuius, L.: magno stat magniloquentia nobis, O.