elocutio

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin ēlocūtiō. Doublet of elocution.

Noun[edit]

elocutio (uncountable)

  1. One of the five canons of classical rhetoric: the mastery of stylistic elements.

See also[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the perfect passive participle stem of ēloquor +‎ -tiō.

Noun[edit]

ēlocūtiō f (genitive ēlocūtiōnis); third declension

  1. utterance, expression
  2. oratorical delivery, elocution

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ēlocūtiō ēlocūtiōnēs
Genitive ēlocūtiōnis ēlocūtiōnum
Dative ēlocūtiōnī ēlocūtiōnibus
Accusative ēlocūtiōnem ēlocūtiōnēs
Ablative ēlocūtiōne ēlocūtiōnibus
Vocative ēlocūtiō ēlocūtiōnēs

Descendants[edit]

  • → English: elocutio, elocution
  • → French: élocution

References[edit]

  • “elocutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “elocutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • elocutio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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