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English
Etymology
From Latin ēlocūtiō. Doublet of elocution.
Noun
elocutio (uncountable)
- One of the five canons of classical rhetoric: the mastery of stylistic elements.
See also
Latin
Etymology
From the perfect passive participle stem of ēloquor + -tiō.
Noun
ēlocūtiō f (genitive ēlocūtiōnis); third declension
- utterance, expression
- oratorical delivery, elocution
Declension
Third-declension noun.
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.