lŏquēla
ae, f.
I.
speech, language, words, discourse.
I.
Lit.: commoda loquelam tuam, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 76: fuditque has ore loquelas, Verg. A. 5, 842: nutricis blanda loquela, Lucr. 5, 230.—
II.
Transf. *
A.
A word: hinc quidam loquelam dixerunt verbum, Varr. L. L. 6, § 57 Müll.—*
B.
A language: Graia loquela, Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 68.