eloquens Latin · revision 32810

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=154–121 BC, Gaius Gracchus|origins=ine-pro *tlokʷ-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ēloquēns''' (genitive ēloquentis; comparative ēloquentior, superlative ēloquentissimus); third-declension adjective^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Used as an adjective, it is the present participle [[der|la|ēloquor|t=to speak out]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan traces [[m|la|loquor|t=to speak]] to [[itc-pro|*tlokʷ-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*tlokʷ-|t=to talk]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Gaius Gracchus.^(Köbler 2010) In the OLD's quotation from his speeches a man is called the most eloquent of his city.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is first able to speak: the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' speaks of all things, living and lifeless, mute and speaking.^(OLD 2012) Above all it is eloquent, gifted in expressing thoughts fluently and forcefully, and of speech marked by eloquence, as in Seneca.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein contrasts it with [[disertus]] and [[facundus|alt=fācundus]], which denote a natural gift: ⟨ēloquēns⟩ is an acquired and cultivated art, regarding both substance and form.^(Döderlein 1874) Its noun is [[eloquentia|alt=ēloquentia]].^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 154–121 BC – Gaius Gracchus of the most eloquent man of his city.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca of an eloquent utterance.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Able to speak, [[m|en|articulate]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|eloquent|alt=Eloquent]]; of speech, marked by eloquence.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[eloquor|alt=ēloquor]]

+ * [[eloquentia|alt=ēloquentia]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}