elocutio

== 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 ==== dispositio inventio memoria pronuntiatio == 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 ==== → English: elocutio, elocution → French: élocution → Italian: elocuzione === 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.