breviloquentia

== Latin == === Etymology === From breviloquēns (“short, concise in speaking”) +‎ -ia. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [brɛ.wɪ.ɫɔˈkʷɛn.ti.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [bre.vi.loˈkʷɛn.t͡si.a] === Noun === breviloquentia f (genitive breviloquentiae); first declension brevity, conciseness (of speech) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== breviloquēns === References === “breviloquentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “breviloquentia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.