elocutio

English

Noun

elocutio (uncountable)

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

See also

• dispositio
• inventio
• memoria
• pronuntiatio

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Latin

Etymology

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

Noun

ēlocūtiō f (genitive ēlocūtiōnis); third declension

1. utterance, expression
2. oratorical delivery, elocution

Declension

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

• → English: elocution
• → French: élocution

References

• “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.