LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

ēloquentia

ēloquentia f (genitive ēloquentiae)
Classical[eː.ɫɔˈkʷɛn.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[e.loˈkʷɛn.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. eloquence

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeēloquentiaēloquentiae
genitiveēloquentiaeēloquentiārum
dativeēloquentiaeēloquentiīs
accusativeēloquentiamēloquentiās
ablativeēloquentiāēloquentiīs
vocativeēloquentiaēloquentiae

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

eloquentiae laude florere
to be a distinguished orator.
eloquentiae principatum tenere
to be considered the foremost orator.

ēlŏquentĭa, ae, f. eloquor,
I. a being eloquent, eloquence, Cic. Part. 23, 79; id. de Or. 1, 5, 19; 1, 32, 146; Quint. 9, 17, 2; 2, 16, 7; Tac. Or. 8, 30 et saep.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinēloquentia

Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *tlokʷetorder. Proto-Italic *tlokʷōr Latin loquor Latin ēloquor Latin ēloquēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin ēloquentia From ēloquēns (“eloquent, articulate”) + -ia.

Descendants
  • Catalaneloqüència
  • Englisheloquence
  • Frenchéloquence
  • Italianeloquenza
  • Portugueseeloquência
  • Romanianelocvență
  • Spanishelocuencia
  • Sicilianeluquenza

In English words that came into English from ēloquentia

  • eloquenceēloquentia
  • eloquencyēloquentia

Quick answers

What does ēloquentia mean in Latin?
ēloquentia, a noun, means “eloquence”.
What is the genitive of ēloquentia?
The genitive singular is ēloquentiae. ēloquentia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce ēloquentia?
In classical Latin, [eː.ɫɔˈkʷɛn.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [e.loˈkʷɛn.t͡si.a].
Where does ēloquentia come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin ēloquentia.