nuntio

Latin

Alternative forms

• nūnciō (verb)

Etymology

From nūntius +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnuːn.ti.oː/, [ˈnuːn̪t̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnun.t͡si.o/, [ˈnunt̪͡s̪io]

Verb

nūntiō (present infinitive nūntiāre, perfect active nūntiāvī, supine nūntiātum); first conjugation

1. to announce, declare

   Synonyms: adnūntiō, dēnūntiō, indicō, prōdō, renūntiō, profiteor, ēdīcō, praedicō, nū̆ncupō, cōntiōnor, referō, dēferō

2. to report, bring news of
3. to relate, narrate

   Synonym: nārrō

4. to direct, command

Conjugation

Conjugation of nūntiō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	nūntiō	nūntiās	nūntiat	nūntiāmus	nūntiātis	nūntiant
	imperfect	nūntiābam	nūntiābās	nūntiābat	nūntiābāmus	nūntiābātis	nūntiābant
	future	nūntiābō	nūntiābis	nūntiābit	nūntiābimus	nūntiābitis	nūntiābunt
	perfect	nūntiāvī	nūntiāvistī	nūntiāvit	nūntiāvimus	nūntiāvistis	nūntiāvērunt, nūntiāvēre
	pluperfect	nūntiāveram	nūntiāverās	nūntiāverat	nūntiāverāmus	nūntiāverātis	nūntiāverant
	future perfect	nūntiāverō	nūntiāveris	nūntiāverit	nūntiāverimus	nūntiāveritis	nūntiāverint
passive	present	nūntior	nūntiāris, nūntiāre	nūntiātur	nūntiāmur	nūntiāminī	nūntiantur
	imperfect	nūntiābar	nūntiābāris, nūntiābāre	nūntiābātur	nūntiābāmur	nūntiābāminī	nūntiābantur
	future	nūntiābor	nūntiāberis, nūntiābere	nūntiābitur	nūntiābimur	nūntiābiminī	nūntiābuntur
	perfect	nūntiātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	nūntiātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	nūntiātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	nūntiem	nūntiēs	nūntiet	nūntiēmus	nūntiētis	nūntient
	imperfect	nūntiārem	nūntiārēs	nūntiāret	nūntiārēmus	nūntiārētis	nūntiārent
	perfect	nūntiāverim	nūntiāverīs	nūntiāverit	nūntiāverīmus	nūntiāverītis	nūntiāverint
	pluperfect	nūntiāvissem	nūntiāvissēs	nūntiāvisset	nūntiāvissēmus	nūntiāvissētis	nūntiāvissent
passive	present	nūntier	nūntiēris, nūntiēre	nūntiētur	nūntiēmur	nūntiēminī	nūntientur
	imperfect	nūntiārer	nūntiārēris, nūntiārēre	nūntiārētur	nūntiārēmur	nūntiārēminī	nūntiārentur
	perfect	nūntiātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	nūntiātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	nūntiā	—	—	nūntiāte	—
	future	—	nūntiātō	nūntiātō	—	nūntiātōte	nūntiantō
passive	present	—	nūntiāre	—	—	nūntiāminī	—
	future	—	nūntiātor	nūntiātor	—	—	nūntiantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		nūntiāre	nūntiāvisse	nūntiātūrum esse	nūntiārī	nūntiātum esse	nūntiātum īrī
participles		nūntiāns	—	nūntiātūrus	—	nūntiātus	nūntiandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		nūntiandī	nūntiandō	nūntiandum	nūntiandō	nūntiātum	nūntiātū

Derived terms

• annūntiō
• dēnūntiō
• ēnūntiō
• internūntiō
• obnūntiō
• praenūntiō
• prōnūntiō
• renūntiō

Related terms

• nūntiātiō
• nūntius

Noun

nūntiō

1. dative/ablative singular of nūntius

Noun

nūntiō

1. 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^[1], 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)