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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• eloquence:
      1. 1. ēlŏquentia (the art of accomplished speaking, based upon theory and developed by practice): e. is nothing else than wisdom speaking in an accomplished way, nihil est aliud e. nisi copiose loquens sapientia, Cic. Part. 23, 79: e. made for the forum, foro nata e., Cic.: the result of e. is the assent of your audience, effectus eloquentiae est audientium approbatio, Cic.: finished e., perfecta e., Cic. (N.B. Not loquentia: cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 5.)
      2. 2. fācundia (the natural gift; not used in Cic.): Cicero the father of (Roman) e., facundiae parens Cicero, Plin.: neither e. nor piety (shall prevail upon the grave), non f., non pietas, Hor.: the brilliant and powerful e. of Memmius, Memmii f. clara pollensque, Sall.
      3. 3. dīcendi vis, făcultas, etc.: to possess very great e., summam vim dicendi habere, Cic.: Athens stood in awe of the e. and terrors of Pericles, Athenae (Periclis) vim dicendi terroremque timuerunt, Cic. Br. 11, 44: e. was first developed and perfected at Athens, (Athenis) dicendi vis et inventa et perfecta, Cic. de Or. 1, 4, 13: Nature endowed him (Hortensius) with the highest degree of e., cui summam [copiam] facultatemque dicendi natura largita est, Cic.: to impart the principles of e., praecepta dicendi tradere, Cic.: a kind of e. adapted for the bar, genus dicendi judiciis aptum, Cic.: the principles of e. (collectively), disciplina dicendi, Cic. (Eloquendi vis is utterance: cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 148; Or. 19, 61.) Phr.: to speak with e., copiose dicere, Cic.: e. and grace bedeck the moneyed man, bene nummatum decorat Suadela Venusque, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 38: v. persuasion.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• ELOQUENCE
  • Readiness in speaking, facultas dicendi: facundia (Sall., Varr., , not Cic., Caes., or, probably, Liv.): eloquentia [SYN. in ELOQUENT]: facultas eloquendi (readiness in expressing one’s self): vis dicendi or orandi. To speak with great eloquence, eloquentissime dioere (de re). To possess remarkable eloquence, imprimis dicendo valere; dicendi facultate florere; dicendi gloria praestare; ornate copioseque dicere.
  • As an art, ars dicendi: ars oratoria or rhetorica, or rhetorica only (general term): dicendi ratio (as theory). Forensic eloquence, genus dicendi judiciis aptum; eloquentia forensis. To devote one’s self to the study of eloquence, ad dicendum se conferre.