facundus

== Latin == === Etymology === From for (“to speak”) +‎ -cundus. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [faːˈkʊn.dʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [faˈkun.dus] === Adjective === fācundus (feminine fācunda, neuter fācundum); first/second-declension adjective eloquent, fluent, that speaks with ease ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== facundia ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ Spanish: Sahagún (toponym; < Sanctus Facundus) Borrowings: → Catalan: facund → Italian: facondo → Middle French: facond → Portuguese: facundo → Spanish: facundo === References === “facundus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “facundus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “facundus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “facundus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.