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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=facundus facunda, facundum ADJ :: eloquent; fluent; able to express eloquently/fluently (speech/written)
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>fācundus</b>: a, um, adj. fari,<br /><b>I</b> [[that]] speaks [[with]] [[ease]] or [[fluency]], [[eloquent]] (syn.: [[disertus]], [[eloquens]]; [[loquax]], [[dicax]]): qui [[facile]] fantur, facundi dicti, Varr. L. L. 6, § 52 Müll. (not freq. [[till]] [[after]] the Aug. [[period]]; not in Cic. or Caes.; cf. [[facundia]]).<br /><b>I</b> Prop.: [[satis]] facundu's: sed jam fieri dictis [[compendium]] [[volo]], Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 12: [[suavis]] [[homo]], [[facundus]], Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 250 ed. Vahl.); Sall. J. 95, 3: [[loquax]] [[magis]] [[quam]] [[facundus]], id. ap. Quint. 5, 2, 2; and ap. Gell. 1, 15, 13: Mercuri, [[facunde]] [[nepos]] Atlantis, Hor. C. 1, 10, 1: [[Ulixes]], Ov. M. 13, 92: facundum faciebat [[amor]], id. ib. 6, 469: [[Rufus]], vir [[facundus]], Tac. H. 1, 8: [[facundus]] et [[promptus]], Suet. Calig. 53 et saep.—Comp.: in omnibus gentibus [[alius]] [[alio]] facundior habetur, Quint. 12, 10, 44.—Sup.: facundissimus [[quisque]], Quint. 12, 2, 27.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., of things: ut ingenia humana sunt ad suam cuique levandam culpam [[nimio]] [[plus]] facunda, Liv. 28, 25 fin. (al. fecunda): [[lingua]], Hor. C. 4, 1, 35: ōs, Ov. F. 5, 698: vox, id. ib. 4, 245: Juv. 10, 274: [[Gallia]], id. 15, 111: facunda et composita [[oratio]], Sall. J. 85, 26: [[dictum]], Ov. M. 13, 127: [[versus]], Mart. 12, 43, 1: antiqua [[comoedia]] facundissimae libertatis, Quint. 10, 1, 65.—Hence, adv.: fācunde, [[with]] [[eloquence]], eloquently: [[nimis]] [[facete]] nimisque [[facunde]] [[mala]] es, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 5: [[quamvis]] [[facunde]] loqui, id. Trin. 2, 2, 99: alloqui, Liv. 28, 18, 6: exsequi aliquid, Tac. A. 12, 58: miseratur, id. ib. 1, 39.—Sup.: describere locum, Sen. Suas. 2 med.: accusare vitia, Gell. 13, 8, 5.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>fācundus</b>,¹¹ a, um ([[fari]]), qui s’exprime facilement, qui sait manier la parole, éloquent, disert : Sall. J. 95, 3 ; Hor. O. 1, 10, 1 ; Tac. H. 1, 8 &#124;&#124; -dior Quint. 12, 10, 44 ; -dissimus Quint. 12, 2, 27 &#124;&#124; facunda [[oratio]] Sall. J. 85, 26, discours abondant, coulant, cf. Hor. O. 4, 1, 35.||-dior Quint. 12, 10, 44 ; -dissimus Quint. 12, 2, 27||facunda [[oratio]] Sall. J. 85, 26, discours abondant, coulant, cf. Hor. O. 4, 1, 35.
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{{Georges
|georg=fācundus, a, um ([[fari]]), [[geläufig]] redend, der [[Rede]] [[mächtig]], redegewandt, redefertig, [[beredt]] (Ggstz. [[mutus]] et [[elinguis]]), a) v. Pers., Sall., Liv. u.a.: [[loquax]] [[magis]] [[quam]] [[facundus]], Sall. fr.: ingenia humana sunt ad suam cuique levandam culpam [[nimio]] [[plus]] facunda, Liv. – Compar., [[alius]] [[alio]] facundior, Quint. 12, 10, 44. – Superl., facundissimus omnium, [[Fronto]]: [[longe]] et subtilissimus et facundissimus, Sen. rhet.: me [[aio]] facundissimum [[esse]], Apul. – b) übtr., v. der [[Sprache]] usw., [[leicht]] und [[gefällig]], [[geläufig]], [[lingua]], Hor.: [[vox]], os, dicta, Ov.: [[oratio]], Sall.: facundissimus [[sermo]], Val. Max.: facundissima [[libertas]], Quint.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=facundus, a, um. ''adj''. ''c''. ''s''. :: [[口 才者]]。[[豐贍者]]
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