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breviloquentia

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Ὁπόσον τῷ ποδὶ περρέχει τᾶς γᾶς, τοῦτο χάρις → Every inch of his stature is grace

Theocritus, Idylls, 30.3

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

brĕvĭlŏquentĭa: ae, f. brevis-loquentia,
I brevity of speech: breviloquentiam in dicendo colat, an expression of Cicero, censured by Seneca ap. Gell. 12, 2, 7.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

brĕvĭlŏquentĭa, æ, f., Cic. Rep. 5, 11, et -lŏquĭum, ĭī, n., Prisc. Gramm. 7, 46, brièveté, concision, laconisme.

Latin > German (Georges)

breviloquentia, ae, f. (breviloquens), die Kürze im Ausdruck, Cic. bei Gell. 12, 2, 7.

Latin > English

breviloquentia breviloquentiae N F :: brevity of speech, conciseness