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vānĭlŏquentĭa, ae, f. [vaniloquus], empty or idle talk, prating, vaunting (rarely; not in Cic.), Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 14: hac vaniloquentiā primum Aristaenum praetorem Achaeorum excitavit, Liv. 34, 24, 1; Tac. A. 3, 49; 6, 31.
Plur., Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. 2, 10.

Vānĭlŏquĭdōrus, i, m. [vanus-loquor. δῶρον], gabble-giver, a facetiously-formed name of a liar, Plaut. Pers. 4, 6, 20.

vānĭlŏquĭum, ii, n. [vaniloquus], empty or idle talk, gabble, prate, vaunting (late Lat.): seductionis, Aug. Ep. 134, 4; 166, 6.

vānĭlŏquus (-lŏcus), a, um, adj. [vanus-loquor], talking emplily or idly, gabbling, prating, i. e.,

  1. I. Lying: quia vanilocu’s, vapulabis, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 223.Ambros. Ep. 63, 7.
  2. II. Boastful, bragging, vaunting, Liv. 35, 48, 2: ore, Sil. 14, 280: genus, id. 8, 17.