Facúndia, facúndiæ, f. g. Plin. Eloquence: pleasaunt speache: a grace in readie speaking.Arma facundiæ. Quint. Instruments of eloquence.Linguæ facundia.Ouid.Compta facundia.Ouid.Fine eloquence.Digna principe facundia.Ouid.Mortifera facundia. Iuuenal. Deadly eloquence.Piæceps facundia. Horat. Rashe eloquence.Alere facundiam. Quint. Mandatam iuuit facundia causam.Ouid.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
fācundĭa, ae, f. [facundus], eloquence, fluency (like facundus, not freq. till after the Aug. period; not in Cic., Caes., or Liv.): hic actor tantum poterit a facundia, Ter. Heaut. prol. 13: facundia Graecos, gloria belli Gallos ante Romanos fuisse, Sall. C. 53, 3; so, Graeca, id. J. 63, 3: Graeca Latinaque, Suet. Calig. 20; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 27; Plin. 7, 30, 31, 117: alere facundiam, Quint. prooem. 23; Hor. C. 4, 7, 21; Quint. 2, 16, 10; 8, 1, 3; 10, 1, 80 et saep.; Tac. A. 11, 6; Gell. 11, 13, 10; 18, 5, 1; 19, 9, 7 al.—In plur., Gell. 3, 17, 1.—Transf., of a person, Ov. P. 1, 2, 69.
