talkative Copy link Outline 1. lŏquax, ācis2. garrŭlus (not in Cic.)3. multĭlŏquus4. argūtus5. argūtŭlus (dimin. of preced.)6. linguōsus7. lingŭlus8. lingātŭlus9. lŏcūtŭleius • talkative: 1. lŏquax, ācis: old age is by nature rather t., senectus est natura loquacior, Cic. Sen. 16, 55: a too t. slave, servus nimium l., id. Clu. 63, 176: I prefer wisdom at a loss for words to t. folly, malim indisertam prudentiam quum stultitiam l., id. de Or. 3, 35, 142: of birds, Plin. 11, 51, 112. Dimin., lŏquācŭlus, Lucr. 4, 1157 (rather t.) 2. garrŭlus (not in Cic.): a t. tongue, g. lingua, Ov. Am. 2, 2, 44: a t. crow, g. cornix, id. ib. 3, 5. 22: avoid an inquisitive person, for he is also t., percontatorem fugito, nam g. idem est, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 69. 3. multĭlŏquus: a t. old woman, m. anus, Pl. Cist. 1, 3, 1: multiloquax is dub. in Pl. Aul. 2, 1, 5. 4. argūtus: very t. letters, argutissimae literae. Cic. Att. 6, 5, ad init. 5. argūtŭlus (dimin. of preced.): a rather t. maid-servant, a. famula, App. Met. 2, p. 117. 6. linguōsus: Petr. Sat. 43. 7. lingŭlus: said of Ajax, Poet. Lat. min. 2, p. 237, Wernsd. 8. lingātŭlus: Tert. 9. lŏcūtŭleius: Alcim.: Gell. (v. under talker.)
TALKATIVE Copy link • TALKATIVEgarrulus: loquax [SYN. in GARRULOUS]: affabilis (who likes to enter into a conversation, conversable, condescending): lingua or sermone promptus (ready to talk).