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The word eloquence itself derives from the Latin roots: ē (a shortened form of the preposition ex), meaning "out (of)", and loqui, a deponent verb meaning "to speak". Thus, eloquence is to speak fluently and understand and master language so as to employ a graceful style with persuasiveness, or gracefulness in interpretation and communication .
Eloquentia perfecta, a tradition of the Society of Jesus, is a value of Jesuit rhetoric that revolves around cultivating a person as a whole, as one learns to speak and write for the common good. Eloquentia perfecta is a Latin term which means "perfect eloquence". The term connotes values of eloquent expression and action for the common good.
Omar (Hebrew: אוֹמָר ʾŌmār, possibly meaning "eloquent" or "gifted speaker") [1] was the name of a man mentioned in the Bible, the ancestor of a Semitic Edomite and Canaanite clan, [2] the son of Eliphaz (Esau's eldest son). Omar's brothers were Teiman (the name is later associated with Yemen), Zepho, Ga'atam, Kenaz and Amalek. [3] [4]
Recorded in English c. 1374, with a meaning of "one who pleads or argues for a cause", from Anglo-French oratour, Old French orateur (14th century), Latin orator ("speaker"), from orare ("speak before a court or assembly; plead"), derived from a Proto-Indo-European base *or-("to pronounce a ritual formula").
Antonius disagrees with Crassus' definition of orator, because the last one claims that an orator should have a knowledge of all matters and disciplines. On the contrary, Antonius believes that an orator is a person, who is able to use graceful words to be listened to and proper arguments to generate persuasion in the ordinary court proceedings.
Eloquence or eloquent may also refer to: Eloquence (Bill Evans album) Eloquence (Oscar Peterson album) Eloquence (Wolfgang Flür album) Eloquence, Internet and Wikipedia pen name of Erik Möller (born 1979), German freelance journalist, software developer and author
At the end of the year, Carlyle reported to Karl August Varnhagen von Ense that his earlier efforts to popularise German literature were beginning to produce results, and expressed his satisfaction: "Deutschland will reclaim her great Colony; we shall become more Deutsch, that is to say more English, at same time."
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