facundia Latin · revision 31867

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=190–159 BC, Terence|origins=ine-pro *bʰeh₂-}}

+

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [faːˈkʊn.di.a]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [faˈkun.di.a]^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Forms==

+ '''fācundia''' ''f'' (genitive fācundiae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|fācundus|-ia|t1=eloquent]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The adjective [[m|la|fācundus]] belongs to [[m|la|for|t=to speak]], though the origin of its suffix is uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan traces the verb to [[itc-pro|*fā-|t=to speak]] and [[ine-pro|*bʰeh₂-|t=to speak]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[osc|faamat]] and [[grc|φημί|tr=phēmí|t=I say]].^(de Vaan 2008)

+

+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Terence,^(Köbler 2010) who in a prologue says what an actor can do by eloquence.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+

+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the ability to speak or write fluently and eloquently, and in the plural examples of eloquence.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note that, like [[m|la|fācundus]], it was not common until after Augustus and does not occur in Cicero, Caesar or Livy.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Sallust says the Greeks excelled in eloquence and the Gauls in war, and Ovid applies it to a person, calling Maximus the eloquence of the Roman tongue.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) In Medieval Latin it also means learning or culture, and faculty or power.^(Niermeyer 1976)

+

+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of an actor's eloquence.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust of Greek eloquence.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid of a person as the embodiment of eloquence.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian of training eloquence.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+

+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|eloquence|alt=Eloquence]], fluency of speech or writing; in the plural, examples of eloquence.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of a person, the embodiment of eloquence.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' [[m|en|learning|alt=Learning]], culture; faculty, power.^(Niermeyer 1976)

+

+ ==Word family==

+ * [[fācundiōsus]]

+

+ ==Related words==

+ * [[facundus|alt=fācundus]]

+ * [[for]]

+ * [[fama|alt=fāma]]

+

+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}