nuncupatio

Latin

Etymology

From nū̆ncupō (“name, call by name”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /nuːn.kuˈpaː.ti.oː/, [nuːŋkʊˈpäːt̪ioː] or IPA^(key): /nun.kuˈpaː.ti.oː/, [nʊŋkʊˈpäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nun.kuˈpat.t͡si.o/, [nuŋkuˈpät̪ː͡s̪io]

The length of the vowel in the first syllable is uncertain: see nū̆ncupō.

Noun

nū̆ncupātiō f (genitive nū̆ncupātiōnis); third declension

1. a naming
2. an appellation
3. a naming or appointing as heir
4. a dedication (of a book)
5. a public pronouncement of vows

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nū̆ncupātiō	nū̆ncupātiōnēs
Genitive	nū̆ncupātiōnis	nū̆ncupātiōnum
Dative	nū̆ncupātiōnī	nū̆ncupātiōnibus
Accusative	nū̆ncupātiōnem	nū̆ncupātiōnēs
Ablative	nū̆ncupātiōne	nū̆ncupātiōnibus
Vocative	nū̆ncupātiō	nū̆ncupātiōnēs

Related terms

• nū̆ncupātim
• nū̆ncupātīvē
• nū̆ncupātīvus
• nū̆ncupātor
• nū̆ncupō

References

• “nuncupatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nuncupatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nuncupatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “nuncupatio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “nuncupatio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin