(adj.adv.) : lŏquax, ācis, adj.loquor
* Talkative, prating, chattering, loquacious, full of words.
* Lit.: quae (ars) in excogitandis argumentis muta nimium est, in judicandis nimium loquax,Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 160: senectus est naturā loquacior,id. de Sen. 16, 55: homo loquacissimus obmutuit,id. Fl. 20, 48: loquacem esse de aliquo,Prop. 3, 23, 22 (4, 25, 2).—With gen.: mendaciorum loquacissimus,Tert. Apol. 16.
* Transf.: ranae,croaking,Verg. G. 3, 431: nidus,i. e. in which the young birds chatter,id. A. 12, 475; cf., of young children: ipse (pater) loquaci gaudebit nido,Juv. 5, 142: stagna (on account of the frogs in them),Verg. A. 11, 458: nutus,Tib. 1, 2, 21: oculi,expressive, speaking,id. 2, 7, 25 (2, 6, 43): vultus,Ov. Am. 1, 4, 17: manu,Petr. Fragm. 24: lymphae,murmuring, babbling,Hor. C. 3, 13, 15: fama,Ov. P. 2, 9, 3.—Comp.: avium loquaciores quae minores,Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 268.—Hence, adv.: lŏquācĭter, talkatively, loquaciously: loquaciter litigiosus,Cic. Mur. 12, 26: scribetur tibi forma loquaciter et situs agri,i. e. at large, with all the particulars,Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 4.— Comp.: loquacius,Paul. Nol. Ep. 39, 8.

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