breviloquent

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

breviloquent (brev-EH-lo-kwent or brev-ee-LOH-kwent) - adj., speaking briefly or concisely.


Laconic. From Latin roots (I'm not seeing signs it was used in Latin itself) brevis, short + loquī, to speak.


I like Rev. Mike, but a breviloquent preacher won't go far.

---L.

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[berangere.livejournal.com]

Hello !
I like this word.

My Gaffiot (Latin-French dictionary) has an entry for
breviloquens, entis (brevis, loquor), who speaks in a few words : Cic. Att. 7, 20 (Meaning it has been used by Cicero in its opus "Epistulae ad Atticum)

There is also breviloquentia, ae, breviloquium, ii and breviloquus, a, um. ;)

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

I was eventually able to find it in the online Lewis & Short (the standard Latin-English dictionary), with that citation. I have trouble with the searches, sometimes -- I should have tried harder.

---L.

[white-guilt.livejournal.com]

I like this word.
Thanks. ^^

[rosyaristocracy.livejournal.com]

Oo, I like this word. A nice synonym for eloquent so I don't have to over-use it. Thanks for posting! C: