Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
facundia. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
facundia, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
facundia in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
facundia you have here. The definition of the word
facundia will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
facundia, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Latin
Etymology
fācundus (“eloquent”) + -ia.
Pronunciation
Noun
fācundia f (genitive fācundiae); first declension
- eloquence
23 BCE – 13 BCE,
Horace,
Odes 4.7:
- non, Torquate, genus, non te facundia, non te restituet pietas
- Not birth, nor eloquence, nor worth, shall reincarnate you, Torquatus
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “facundia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “facundia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- facundia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- facundia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fācundia.
Noun
facundia f (plural facundias)
- eloquence; gift of the gab
- Synonym: elocuencia
Further reading