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denuntio

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Latin

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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.
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  2. to declare
  3. to summon

Conjugation

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

Descendants

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References

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  • 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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to threaten war, carnage: denuntiare bellum, caedem (Sest. 20. 46)
    • to make formal declaration of war: bellum indīcere, denuntiare