Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /bre.wi.loˈkʷen.ti.a/, [brɛ.wɪ.ɫɔˈkᶣɛn.ti.a]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bre.vi.loˈkwen.t͡si.a/, [brɛ.vi.loˈkwɛn.t͡si̯a], [bre.vi.loˈkwɛn.t͡si̯a]

Noun

breviloquentia f ‎(genitive breviloquentiae); first declension

1. brevity, conciseness (of speech)

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

• breviloquens

References

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