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eloquens
eloquens
Latin
Participle
ēloquēns m, f, n (genitive ēloquentis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | ēloquēns | ēloquentēs | ēloquentia | ||
| genitive | ēloquentis | ēloquentium | |||
| dative | ēloquentī | ēloquentibus | |||
| accusative | ēloquentem | ēloquēns | ēloquentēs | ēloquentia | |
| ablative | ēloquente, ēloquentī1 | ēloquentibus | |||
| vocative | ēloquēns | ēloquentēs | ēloquentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
- 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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “eloquens”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be a capable, finished speaker: eloquentem esse (De Or. 1. 21. 94)
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(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.