loquens

Loquens is a Latin term meaning "speaking" or "eloquent." It is the present participle of the verb loquor, to speak.

In Classical Latin, loquens functions as an adjective describing a person who speaks well or who is given to speech, and it can be used as a substantive in phrases such as vir loquens, "a man who speaks well." The form is derived from loqui, "to speak," with the participial suffix -ens, and it follows the standard patterns for Latin present participles, being declined like a third-declension adjective.

Because loquor is a deponent verb, its participles are passive in form but active in meaning, so loquens conveys "speaking" or "eloquent" with nuance determined by context. In usage, loquens appears in rhetoric and poetry to describe fluency or eloquence of speech. It may carry neutral, positive, or mildly critical tones depending on surrounding language.

Loquens is encountered in Latin dictionaries and grammatical descriptions as the standard present participle of loquor. It is not typically used as a modern proper noun or technical term outside scholarly discussions.

Related topics include loquor, Latin grammar, and Latin participles.