facundia

Etymology

fācundus (“eloquent”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /faːˈkun.di.a/, [faːˈkʊn.di.a]

Noun

fācundia f (genitive fācundiae); first declension

1. 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

2. vocative singular of fācundia

fācundiā

1. ablative singular of fācundia

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, 1883–1887)
• facundia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fācundia.

Noun

facundia f (plural facundias)

1. eloquence; gift of the gab