eloquium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From ēloquor (“I declare, speak plainly”) + -ium (nominal suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eːˈlo.kʷi.um/, [eːˈɫ̪ɔkʷiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈlo.kwi.um/, [eˈlɔːkwium]
Noun edit
ēloquium n (genitive ēloquiī or ēloquī); second declension
- eloquence
- speech, utterance
- diction
- c. 405, Saint Jerome, Epistola 106:
- Quis hoc crederet, ut barbara Getarum lingua Hebraicam quaereret veritatem; et dormitantibus, imo contendentibus Graecis, ipsa Germania Spiritus Sancti eloquia scrutaretur!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- c. 405, Saint Jerome, Epistola 106:
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ēloquium | ēloquia |
| Genitive | ēloquiī ēloquī1 |
ēloquiōrum |
| Dative | ēloquiō | ēloquiīs |
| Accusative | ēloquium | ēloquia |
| Ablative | ēloquiō | ēloquiīs |
| Vocative | ēloquium | ēloquia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants edit
- Italian: eloquio
References edit
- “eloquium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “eloquium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- eloquium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.