breviloquentia
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From breviloquēns (“short, concise in speaking”) + -ia.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /bre.u̯i.loˈkʷen.ti.a/, [breu̯ɪɫ̪ɔˈkʷɛn̪t̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /bre.vi.loˈkwen.t͡si.a/, [breviloˈkwɛnt̪͡s̪iä]
Noun
[edit]breviloquentia f (genitive breviloquentiae); first declension
- brevity, conciseness (of speech)
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | breviloquentia | breviloquentiae |
| genitive | breviloquentiae | breviloquentiārum |
| dative | breviloquentiae | breviloquentiīs |
| accusative | breviloquentiam | breviloquentiās |
| ablative | breviloquentiā | breviloquentiīs |
| vocative | breviloquentia | breviloquentiae |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “breviloquentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- breviloquentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.