eloquens
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Present active participle of ēloquor (“speak plainly, declare”).
Participle
[edit]ēloquēns (genitive ēloquentis, superlative ēloquentissimus); third-declension one-termination participle
- eloquent, articulate
- Synonym: cōpiōsus
Declension
[edit]Third-declension participle.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | ēloquēns | ēloquentēs | ēloquentia | ||
| genitive | ēloquentis | ēloquentium | |||
| dative | ēloquentī | ēloquentibus | |||
| accusative | ēloquentem | ēloquēns | ēloquentēs ēloquentīs |
ēloquentia | |
| ablative | ēloquente ēloquentī1 |
ēloquentibus | |||
| vocative | ēloquēns | ēloquentēs | ēloquentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
[edit]- “eloquens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “eloquens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- eloquens 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 capable, finished speaker: eloquentem esse (De Or. 1. 21. 94)
- (ambiguous) to be very eloquent: eloquentia valere
- to be a capable, finished speaker: eloquentem esse (De Or. 1. 21. 94)
- Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.