Mun begs for correction if she's wrong here
[Cutting her off halfway.] It's the present active indicative form of "eloquos", or "to speak eloquently, or well". Used in a sentence, it would be "You speak well". It is also the origin of the word we now know as "eloquent".
Speaking well was valued by the ancient Romans, one had to be quite the orator in the classical Senate. In fact, Shakespeare used the model of this classic Senate and the orations necessary to bring the public to support the idea of assassinating Julius Caesar.
[Realizes he's rambling, and stops himself.] Maybe this world isn't too different than ours.