eloquium
Latin
Etymology
From ēloquor (“I declare, speak plainly”) + -ium (nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eːˈɫɔ.kʷi.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈlɔː.kʷi.um]
Noun
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
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| 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
- Italian: eloquio
References
- “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.