elocutio
English
Noun
elocutio (uncountable)
- One of the five canons of classical rhetoric: the mastery of stylistic elements.
See also
- dispositio
- inventio
- memoria
- pronuntiatio
Latin
Noun
ēlocutiō f (genitive ēlocutiōnis); third declension
- utterance, expression
- elocution
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ēlocutiō | ēlocutiōnēs |
| Genitive | ēlocutiōnis | ēlocutiōnum |
| Dative | ēlocutiōnī | ēlocutiōnibus |
| Accusative | ēlocutiōnem | ēlocutiōnēs |
| Ablative | ēlocutiōne | ēlocutiōnibus |
| Vocative | ēlocutiō | ēlocutiōnēs |
Descendants
- 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