elocutio

English

Noun

elocutio (uncountable)

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

See also

Latin

Noun

ēlocutiō f (genitive ēlocutiōnis); third declension

  1. utterance, expression
  2. 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

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
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