eloquentia Latin · revision 18072

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=190–159 BC, Terence|origins=ine-pro *tlokʷ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [eː.ɫɔˈkʷɛn.ti.a]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [e.loˈkʷɛn.t͡si.a]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ēloquentia''' ''f'' (genitive ēloquentiae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|ēloquēns|-ia|t1=eloquent]], the present participle of [[m|la|ēloquor|t=to speak out]], from [[m|la|ex-|t=out]] and [[m|la|loquor|t=to speak]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces [[m|la|loquor]] to [[itc-pro|*(t)lokʷ-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*tlokʷ-|t=to talk]], cognate with [[sga|ad·tluchedar|t=gives thanks]] and [[ru|толк|tr=tolk|t=meaning]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Terence,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) who has ''sūdābis … sī cum illō inceptās homine: ea ēloquentiast'', “you'll sweat if you take on that man: such is his eloquence”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Ēloquentia'' is the ability to put one's thoughts into words (Cicero: better to speak fully than to think acutely without it), and the fluent, apt and effective speech of the orator, “eloquence”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) It is also eloquence as a profession, “rhetoric” (Petronius: ''ēloquentiae magister'').^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “eloquence, oratory”.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin also uses it for the power of speech, a language, and a manner of speaking.^(Niermeyer 1976) English [[m|en|eloquence]] comes from it through Old French in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence: ''ea ēloquentiast''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero on eloquence and thought.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 66 AD – Petronius: ''ēloquentiae magister''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English [[m|en|eloquence]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The ability to express oneself, articulateness.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|eloquence]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Eloquence as a profession, [[m|en|rhetoric]], oratory.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' The power of speech; a language; a manner of speaking.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ēloquor]]

+ * [[ēloquēns]]

+ * [[loquor]]

+ * [[en|eloquence]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}