ēlŏcūtus

ē-lŏquor, ēlŏcūtus (or ēloquūtus), 3, v. dep. a., to speak out, speak plainly, to utter; to pronounce, declare, state, express:

eloqui hoc est, omnia quae mente conceperis promere atque ad audientes perferre,

Quint. 8 prooem. § 15 (class.).

In gen. (so most freq. in Plautus).

With acc.:

id quod sentit eloqui non posse,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 3, 6; so,

praeclare cogitata mentis,

id. Brut. 72 fin.:

audita,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 45:

nomen meum,

id. ib. prol. 18:

argumentum hujus tragoediae,

id. ib. 51;

96: rem, ut facta est,

id. ib. 4, 5, 8 et saep.: ille unum elocutus, ut memoria tenerent milites, etc., * Caes. B. C. 2, 34, 5:

Gratum elocuta consiliantibus Junone divis "Ilion, Ilion," etc.,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 17 et saep.—

Absol., Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 48; id. Curc. 2, 3, 29:

perge eloqui,

Ter. Ph. 4, 3, 36:

eloquar an sileam?

Verg. A. 3, 39 et saep.—

In partic., to speak in an oratorical or eloquent manner (only absol.): et Graece ab eloquendo rhêtôr et Latine eloquens dictus est, etc., Cic. Or. 19; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 3:

eloqui copiose melius est, quam vel acutissime sine eloquentia cogitare,

Cic. Off. 1, 44, 156; cf.:

composite, ornate, copiose eloqui,

id. de Or. 1, 11, 48:

eloquendi facultas,

Quint. 10, 1, 69 et saep.—Hence, ēlŏquens, entis, P. a.

Speaking, endowed with the faculty of speech:

cum res muta fit eloquens,

Auct. Her. 4, 53.—

Eloquent (for syn. cf.:

facundus, disertus, etc.): Is est eloquens, qui et humilia subtiliter et magna graviter et mediocria temperate potest dicere, etc.,

Cic. Or. 29, 100 sq.; cf. id. ib. 36, 19:

M. Antonius disertos ait se vidisse multos, eloquentem omnino neminem,

id. ib. 5, 18 sq.; id. de Or. 1, 21; Quint. 8 prooem. § 13; 12, 1, 21; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 5:

rhetor,

Cic. N. D. 2, 1:

senator (Cato),

Quint. 11, 1, 36:

vir,

Vulg. Act. 18, 24 et saep.— Comp., Quint. 12, 6, 6; App. Mag. p. 8 Bip.— Sup., Quint. 1, 1, 21; 4, 2, 58; 5, 13, 3; 8 prooem. § 13; Cic. Brut. 39, 145; Tac. Agr. 10 al.— Adv.: ēlŏquen-ter, eloquently: eloquenter, logiôs, Gloss. — Comp.:

eloquentius quam prius scribitur,

Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 6.— Sup.:

eloquentissime respondere,

Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 17; 6, 21, 4.

► ēlŏcūtus, a, um, in pass. signif.:

an quaedam extrinsecus sint elocuta,

Dig. 3, 2, 13, § 6.

dulcis, e, adj. [from gulcis, by dissimilation; cf. ten-ebrae from root tam-; root in Sanscr. gul-jam, sweetness; Gr. glukus, glukeros, sweet], sweet (very freq.; cf.: suavis, venustus, jucundus, gratus, acceptus, amoenus, etc.).

Lit., opp. amarus:

(animal) sentit et dulcia et amara,

Cic. N. D. 3, 13; cf. Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 72:

mel,

id. Asin. 3, 3, 24; id. Truc. 2, 4, 20; cf.:

liquor mellis,

Lucr. 1, 938; 4, 13:

aqua,

id. 6, 890:

poma,

id. 5, 1377; Hor. S. 2, 5, 12:

vinum,

id. C. 3, 12, 1; cf.

merum,

id. ib. 3, 13, 2:

dolium,

id. Epod. 2, 47:

olivum,

id. S. 2, 4, 64:

sapor,

id. C. 3, 1, 19 et saep.— Comp.:

uva,

Ov. M. 13, 795.— Sup.:

panis,

Plin. 18, 10, 20, § 92 et saep.—Hence,

Subst. and heterocl., dulcia, ōrum, n., sweet cakes, honey-cakes, sugar-cakes (late Lat.), Vop. Tac. 6; Lampr. Heliog. 26; 31; Prud. Psych. 429.—

Trop., agreeable, delightful, pleasant, charming, soft, flattering.

In gen.:

dulcia atque amara apud te sum elocutus omnia,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 2; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 61; id. Truc. 1, 2, 78:

vita,

Lucr. 2, 997; cf.:

lumina vitae,

id. 5, 989:

solacia, vitae,

id. 5, 21:

orator,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 3; cf.

of orators or writers,

Quint. 10, 1, 77; 73; 12, 10, 44; cf.

also: non quo ea (oratione) Laelii quicquam sit dulcius,

Cic. Brut. 21, 83:

genus dicendi,

Quint. 2, 8, 4:

carmen,

id. 12, 10, 33:

poëmata,

Hor. A. P. 99 et saep.:

nomen libertatis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 63; cf. id. Att. 15, 13, 3:

auditu nomen,

Liv. 24, 21, 3:

amores,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 15:

otium,

id. Epod. 1, 8:

fortuna,

id. C. 1, 37, 11:

dulce et decorum est pro patria mori,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 13.—With dat.:

mensae dulcis herili canis,

Val. Fl. 7, 130.—Prov.:

dulce etiam fugias, fieri quod amarum potest,

Pub. Syr. 144 Rib. — Sup.:

epistola,

Cic. Att. 15, 13, 4:

quod in amicissimo quoque dulcissimum est,

id. Lael. 23 fin. al.—

In partic. of friends, lovers, etc., friendly, pleasant, agreeable, charming, kind, dear:

amici (opp. acerbi inimici),

Cic. Lael. 24 fin.; cf.:

amicitia remissior esse debet et liberior et dulcior,

id. ib. 18 fin.:

liberi,

Hor. Epod. 2, 40; cf.

nata,

id. S. 2, 3, 199:

alumnus,

id. C. 3, 23, 7; id. Ep. 1, 4, 8.—Hence, in addressing a person:

optime et dulcissime frater,

Cic. Leg. 3, 11; cf.:

dulcissime Attice,

id. Att. 6, 2, 9: mi dulcissime Tiro, Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2:

dulcis amice,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 12:

dulce decus meum,

id. C. 1, 1, 2.— Absol.:

quid agis, dulcissime rerum?

Hor. S. 1, 9, 4.— Hence, adv. (acc. to II.), agreeably, delightfully.

dulcĭter, Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 18; Quint. 1, 10, 24; 4, 2, 62; 9, 4, 14; 12, 10, 71. —

dulce, Cat. 51, 5; Hor. C. 1, 22, 23; 24; id. Ep. 1, 7, 27; Stat. S. 3, 4, 8; id. Th. 4, 274.—

Comp.:

dulcius spirare,

Quint. 12, 10, 27; Prop. 1, 2, 14.—

Sup.:

dulcissime scripta,

Cic. Brut. 19, 77.