denuntio

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Latin

Etymology

From Latin dē- (of, from) +‎ nūntiō (I announce, report).

Pronunciation

Verb

dēnūntiō (present infinitive dēnūntiāre, perfect active dēnūntiāvī, supine dēnūntiātum); first conjugation

  1. to announce (officially)
    Synonyms: adnūntiō, nūntiō, indicō, prōdō, renūntiō, profiteor, ēdīcō, praedicō, nū̆ncupō, cōntiōnor, referō
  2. to declare
  3. to summon

Conjugation

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Descendants

References

  • denuntio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • denuntio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • denuntio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to threaten war, carnage: denuntiare bellum, caedem (Sest. 20. 46)
    • to make formal declaration of war: bellum indīcere, denuntiare