LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird-declension one-termination participle

suāviloquēns

suāviloquēns (genitive suāviloquentis)

Meaning

  1. one terminationparticiplesuaviloquent, sweet-spoken

suāvĭlŏquens, entis, adj. suavisloquor,
I. sweet-spoken, pleasant-speaking (poet.): suaviloquenti ore Cetegus, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 15, 58 (Ann. v. 304 Vahl.); cf. Quint. 11, 3, 31; and v. suaviloquentia; so perh. in imitation of Ennius: jucunditas, Cic. Fragm. ap. Gell. 12, 2, 7 (hence, expressly censured by Seneca as Ennian): carmen, Lucr. 1, 945.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sweh₂d-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*swéh₂dus
  3. Proto-Italic*suādwus
  4. Proto-Italic*swāwis
  5. Latinsuāviloquēns

Latin loquens Latin suāviloquēns From suavis + loquens.

Descendants
  • Englishsuaviloquent

In English words that came into English from suāviloquēns

  • suaviloquentsuāviloquēns
  • suaviloquencesuāviloquentia

Quick answers

What does suāviloquēns mean in Latin?
suāviloquēns, a verb, means “suaviloquent, sweet-spoken”.
What are the principal parts of suāviloquēns?
suāviloquēns, suāviloquentis (third-declension one-termination participle).
Where does suāviloquēns come from?
Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d- → Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus → Proto-Italic *suādwus → Proto-Italic *swāwis → Latin suāviloquēns.