suaviloquentia
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From suāviloquēns + -ia.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /sʷaː.u̯i.loˈkʷen.ti.a/, [s̠ʷäːu̯ɪɫ̪ɔˈkʷɛn̪t̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /swa.vi.loˈkwen.t͡si.a/, [swäviloˈkwɛnt̪͡s̪iä]
Noun
[edit]suāviloquentia f (genitive suāviloquentiae); first declension
- sweetness of speech; suaviloquence
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | suāviloquentia | suāviloquentiae |
| genitive | suāviloquentiae | suāviloquentiārum |
| dative | suāviloquentiae | suāviloquentiīs |
| accusative | suāviloquentiam | suāviloquentiās |
| ablative | suāviloquentiā | suāviloquentiīs |
| vocative | suāviloquentia | suāviloquentiae |
Descendants
[edit]- → English: suaviloquence
References
[edit]- “suaviloquentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- suaviloquentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.