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Latin
Etymology
From nūntius + -ō.
Pronunciation
Verb
nūntiō (present infinitive nūntiāre, perfect active nūntiāvī, supine nūntiātum); first conjugation
- to announce, declare
- Synonyms: adnūntiō, dēnūntiō, indicō, prōdō, renūntiō, profiteor, ēdīcō, praedicō, nū̆ncupō, cōntiōnor, referō, dēferō
- to report, bring news of
- to relate, narrate
- Synonym: nārrō
- to direct, command
Conjugation
Derived terms
Noun
nūntiō m
- dative/ablative singular of nūntius
Noun
nūntiō
- dative/ablative singular of nūntium
References
- “nuntio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nuntio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nuntio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- on receiving the news: nuntio allato or accepto
- to greet a person: salutem alicui dicere, impertire, nuntiare
- (ambiguous) news reached Rome: Romam nuntiatum est, allatum est
- (ambiguous) remember me to your brother: nuntia fratri tuo salutem verbis meis (Fam. 7. 14)