LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

fācundus

fācundus (feminine fācunda, neuter fācundum)
Classical[faːˈkʊn.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[faˈkun.dus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveeloquent, fluent, that speaks with ease
    nōndum trādiderat victās victōribus artēs Graecia, fācundum sed male forte genus Not yet had the vanquished arts been handed over to the victors – Greece: an eloquent but not very brave people. (Ovid, whose own Metamorphoses appropriated Greek myth and poetic tradition, acknowledges an artistic debt with faint praise – and an insult!)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 3.101–102

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Disertus · Facundus · Eloquens

Disertus and facundus denote a natural gift or talent for speaking, whereas eloquens, an acquired and cultivated art. Disertus is he who speaks with clearness and precision; facundus, he who speaks with elegance and beauty; eloquens, he who combines clearness and precision with elegance and beauty. The disertus makes a good teacher, who may nevertheless be confined to a one-sided formation of intellect; the facundus is a good companion, whose excellence may nevertheless be confined to a superficial adroitness in speaking, without acuteness or depth, whereas the eloquens, whether he speaks as a statesman or as an author, must, by talent and discipline in all that relates to his art, possess a complete mastery over language, and the resources of eloquence. Cic. Orat. 5, 19. Antonius . . . . disertos ait se vidisse multos, eloquentem omnino neminem. Quintil. viii. pr. 13. Diserto satis dicere quæ oporteat; ornate autem dicere proprium est eloquentissimi. Suet. Cat. 53. Eloquentiæ quam plurimum adtendit, quantumvis facundus et promptus. (iv. 14.)

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefācundusfācundafācundum
genitivefācundīfācundaefācundī
dativefācundōfācundaefācundō
accusativefācundumfācundamfācundum
ablativefācundōfācundāfācundō
vocativefācundefācundafācundum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefācundīfācundaefācunda
genitivefācundōrumfācundārumfācundōrum
dativefācundīsfācundīsfācundīs
accusativefācundōsfācundāsfācunda
ablativefācundīsfācundīsfācundīs
vocativefācundīfācundaefācunda

fācundus, a, um, adj. fari,
I. that speaks with ease or fluency, eloquent (syn.: disertus, eloquens; loquax, dicax): qui facile fantur, facundi dicti, Varr. L. L. 6, § 52 Müll. (not freq. till after the Aug. period; not in Cic. or Caes.; cf. facundia).
I. Prop.: satis facundu's: sed jam fieri dictis compendium volo, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 12: suavis homo, facundus, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 250 ed. Vahl.); Sall. J. 95, 3: loquax magis quam facundus, id. ap. Quint. 5, 2, 2; and ap. Gell. 1, 15, 13: Mercuri, facunde nepos Atlantis, Hor. C. 1, 10, 1: Ulixes, Ov. M. 13, 92: facundum faciebat amor, id. ib. 6, 469: Rufus, vir facundus, Tac. H. 1, 8: facundus et promptus, Suet. Calig. 53 et saep.—Comp.: in omnibus gentibus alius alio facundior habetur, Quint. 12, 10, 44.—Sup.: facundissimus quisque, Quint. 12, 2, 27.—
II. Transf., of things: ut ingenia humana sunt ad suam cuique levandam culpam nimio plus facunda, Liv. 28, 25 fin. (al. fecunda): lingua, Hor. C. 4, 1, 35: ōs, Ov. F. 5, 698: vox, id. ib. 4, 245: Juv. 10, 274: Gallia, id. 15, 111: facunda et composita oratio, Sall. J. 85, 26: dictum, Ov. M. 13, 127: versus, Mart. 12, 43, 1: antiqua comoedia facundissimae libertatis, Quint. 10, 1, 65.—Hence, adv.: fācunde, with eloquence, eloquently: nimis facete nimisque facunde mala es, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 5: quamvis facunde loqui, id. Trin. 2, 2, 99: alloqui, Liv. 28, 18, 6: exsequi aliquid, Tac. A. 12, 58: miseratur, id. ib. 1, 39.—Sup.: describere locum, Sen. Suas. 2 med.: accusare vitia, Gell. 13, 8, 5.

Origins

From for (“to speak”) + -cundus. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”).

Borrowings
  • Catalanfacund
  • Italianfacondo
  • Portuguesefacundo
  • Spanishfacundo
  • Middle Frenchfacond
Elsewhere
  • SpanishSahagúnfrom Old Leonese Sanct Fagunt
  • AsturianSafagúnfrom Old Leonese Sanct Fagunt
  • AsturianSan Fagondu

Quick answers

What does fācundus mean in Latin?
fācundus, a adjective, means “eloquent, fluent, that speaks with ease”.
How do you pronounce fācundus?
In classical Latin, [faːˈkʊn.dʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [faˈkun.dus].