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denuntio

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Latin

Etymology

From dē- (of, from) + nūntiō (to 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, nuncupō, cōntiōnor, referō
    Explōrātor absolvitur, sī perīculum dēnūntiāverit, etiam sī illī, quibus dēnūntiātur, cavēre nōluerint.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  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
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