breviloquentia

Latin

Etymology

From breviloquēns (“short, concise in speaking”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /bre.u̯i.loˈkʷen.ti.a/, [breu̯ɪɫ̪ɔˈkʷɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bre.vi.loˈkwen.t͡si.a/, [breviloˈkwɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

breviloquentia f (genitive breviloquentiae); first declension

1. brevity, conciseness (of speech)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	breviloquentia	breviloquentiae
genitive	breviloquentiae	breviloquentiārum
dative	breviloquentiae	breviloquentiīs
accusative	breviloquentiam	breviloquentiās
ablative	breviloquentiā	breviloquentiīs
vocative	breviloquentia	breviloquentiae

Related terms

• breviloquēns

References

• “breviloquentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• breviloquentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.