ēlŏquen-ter

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.