eloquentia
Latin
editEtymology 1
editFrom ēloquēns (“eloquent, articulate”) + -ia.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /eː.loˈkʷen.ti.a/, [eːɫ̪ɔˈkʷɛn̪t̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.loˈkwen.t͡si.a/, [eloˈkwɛnt̪͡s̪iä]
Noun
editēloquentia f (genitive ēloquentiae); first declension
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ēloquentia | ēloquentiae |
Genitive | ēloquentiae | ēloquentiārum |
Dative | ēloquentiae | ēloquentiīs |
Accusative | ēloquentiam | ēloquentiās |
Ablative | ēloquentiā | ēloquentiīs |
Vocative | ēloquentia | ēloquentiae |
Descendants
edit- Catalan: eloqüència
- English: eloquence
- French: éloquence
- Italian: eloquenza
- Portuguese: eloquência
- Romanian: elocvență
- Sicilian: eluquenza
- Spanish: elocuencia
Etymology 2
editParticiple
editēloquentia
References
edit- “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- eloquentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], 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
- to be a distinguished orator: eloquentiae laude florere