eloquentia

Latin

Etymology

From ēloquēns (eloquent, articulate) + -ia.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /eː.loˈkʷen.ti.a/, [eː.ɫɔˈkᶣɛn.ti.a]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.loˈkwen.t͡si.a/, [ɛ.lɔˈkwɛn.t͡si̯a], [e.loˈkwɛn.t͡si̯a]

Noun

ēloquentia f (genitive ēloquentiae); first declension

  1. eloquence
Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ēloquentia ēloquentiae
Genitive ēloquentiae ēloquentiārum
Dative ēloquentiae ēloquentiīs
Accusative ēloquentiam ēloquentiās
Ablative ēloquentiā ēloquentiīs
Vocative ēloquentia ēloquentiae
Descendants

Participle

ēloquentia

  1. nominative neuter plural of ēloquens
  2. accusative neuter plural of ēloquens
  3. vocative neuter plural of ēloquens

References

  • eloquentia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • eloquentia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • eloquentia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • eloquentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be a distinguished orator: eloquentiae laude florere
    • to be considered the foremost orator: eloquentiae principatum tenere
    • (ambiguous) to be very eloquent: eloquentia valere
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