loqu-, -loquence, -loquent, -loquently, -loquy, -iloquent, -iloquently +
(Latin: talk, speak, say)
This loqu unit is directly related to the "talk, speak, say, word, speech" locu- family unit.
Adversus solem ne loquitor.
"Don't speak against the sun."
Also translated as, "Don't waste your time arguing the obvious."
When confronted by an important, irrefutable fact, there is no point in arguing about it any further.
alalieniloquent, alieniloquence
Speaking discursively or straying from the point.
alloquy
1. Speaking to someone else.
2. Making an address to others.
altiloquent
Speaking pompously, in a high-flown, turgid manner; a synonym of grandiloquent.
ambiloquent
Someone who speaks with doubt or with two languages.
ambiloquy
Doubtful or ambiguous language.
amphoriloquy
Similar to the sound produced by blowing or speaking into an amphora (two-handled vase), or other large vessel with a small mouth, as in “amphoric resonance”; a cough, an echo, a voice, etc.
anteloquy
1. A preface, or the first place to turn when speaking.
2. A term, which stage players use which is a reference to their cue.
antiloquist
Someone who contradicts.
antiloquy
A contradiction.
blandiloquent, blandiloquence
Speaking in a flattering or mildly ingratiating way.
blesiloquent, blesiloquence
Speaking with a stammer or lisp.
breviloquence
1. Speaking briefly or concisely; laconic.
2. Brevity, or shortness, of speech.
breviloquent
Given to concise, or brief, speaking.
bronchiloquy
A modification of the voice sounds, by which they are intensified and heightened in pitch; observed in auscultation of the chest in certain cases of intro-thoracic disease.
Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "talk, speak, speech; words, language; tongue, etc.":
cit-;
clam-;
dic-;
English Words: Origins and Histories;
fa-;
-farious;
glosso-;
glotto-;
lalo-;
linguo-;
locu-;
logo-;
mythico-;
-ology;
ora-;
-phasia;
-phemia;
phon-;
phras-;
Quotes: Language,Part 1;
Quotes: Language, Part 2;
Quotes: Language, Part 3;
serm-;
tongue;
voc-.
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