suaviloquens

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Ταμιεῖον ἀνθρώποισι σωφροσύνη μόνη → Magnum horreum est hominibus temperantia → Ihr Vorratsschatz ist Menschen Mäßigung allein

Menander, Monostichoi, 505

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

suāvĭlŏquens: entis, adj. suavisloquor,
I sweet-spoken, pleasant-speaking (poet.): suaviloquenti ore Cetegus, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 15, 58 (Ann. v. 304 Vahl.); cf. Quint. 11, 3, 31; and v. suaviloquentia; so perh. in imitation of Ennius: jucunditas, Cic. Fragm. ap. Gell. 12, 2, 7 (hence, expressly censured by Seneca as Ennian): carmen, Lucr. 1, 945.