lŏquēla

ae, f.

id.

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.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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