facundia

== Latin == === Etymology === From fācundus (“eloquent”) + -ia. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [faːˈkʊn.di.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [faˈkun.di.a] === Noun === fācundia f (genitive fācundiae); first declension eloquence ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: faconde French: faconde Spanish: facundia === 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, 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /faˈkundja/ [faˈkũn̪.d̪ja] Rhymes: -undja Syllabification: fa‧cun‧dia === Noun === facundia f (plural facundias) eloquence; gift of the gab Synonym: elocuencia ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “facundia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025