suaviloquentia
Latin
Etymology
From suāviloquēns + -ia.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sʷaː.wɪ.ɫɔˈkʷɛn.ti.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [sʷa.vi.loˈkʷɛn.t̪͡s̪i.a]
Noun
suāviloquentia f (genitive suāviloquentiae); first declension
- sweetness of speech; suaviloquence
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | suāviloquentia | suāviloquentiae |
| genitive | suāviloquentiae | suāviloquentiārum |
| dative | suāviloquentiae | suāviloquentiīs |
| accusative | suāviloquentiam | suāviloquentiās |
| ablative | suāviloquentiā | suāviloquentiīs |
| vocative | suāviloquentia | suāviloquentiae |
Descendants
- → English: suaviloquence
References
- “suaviloquentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- suaviloquentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.