eloquens
Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of ēloquor (“speak plainly, declare”).
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | ēloquēns | ēloquēns | ēloquentēs | ēloquentia | |
| Genitive | ēloquentis | ēloquentis | ēloquentium | ēloquentium | |
| Dative | ēloquentī | ēloquentī | ēloquentibus | ēloquentibus | |
| Accusative | ēloquentem | ēloquēns | ēloquentēs, ēloquentīs | ēloquentia | |
| Ablative | ēloquente, ēloquentī1 | ēloquente, ēloquentī1 | ēloquentibus | ēloquentibus | |
| Vocative | ēloquēns | 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
- eloquens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be a capable, finished speaker: eloquentem esse (De Or. 1. 21. 94)
- (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.
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