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|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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