English

Noun

elocutio ‎(uncountable)

1. One of the five canons of classical rhetoric: the mastery of stylistic elements.

See also

• dispositio
• inventio
• memoria
• pronuntiatio

Latin

Noun

ēlocutiō f ‎(genitive ēlocutiōnis); third declension

1. utterance, expression
2. elocution

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• French: élocution

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “elocutio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.