suaviloquens

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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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

suāvĭlŏquēns,¹⁵ tis (suavis, loquor), qui parle agréablement = aux doux accents, harmonieux, mélodieux : Enn. Ann. 303 ; Lucr. 1, 945 ; v. Gell. 12, 2, 7, qui cite, en le désapprouvant, un passage où Sénèque blâme l’expression suaviloquens jucunditas employée par Cicéron à l’imitation d’Ennius.