ineloquens

Latin

Etymology

From in- (“not, unable”) +‎ ēloquēns (“eloquent, articulate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iˈneː.lo.kʷens/, [ɪˈneːɫ̪ɔkʷẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈne.lo.kwens/, [iˈnɛːlokwens]

Adjective

inēloquēns (genitive inēloquentis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. ineloquent, speaking in an ineloquent way

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	inēloquēns			inēloquentēs	inēloquentia
genitive	inēloquentis			inēloquentium
dative	inēloquentī			inēloquentibus
accusative	inēloquentem	inēloquēns		inēloquentēs	inēloquentia
ablative	inēloquentī			inēloquentibus
vocative	inēloquēns			inēloquentēs	inēloquentia

Descendants

• English: ineloquent

References

• “ineloquens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ineloquens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ineloquens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.