nuntia

Latin

Etymology 1

Feminine form of nūntius (“messenger”).

Alternative forms

• nūncia

Pronunciation

• nūntia: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnuːn.ti.a/, [ˈnuːn̪t̪iä]
• nūntia: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnun.t͡si.a/, [ˈnunt̪͡s̪iä]
• nūntiā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnuːn.ti.aː/, [ˈnuːn̪t̪iäː]
• nūntiā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnun.t͡si.a/, [ˈnunt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

nūntia f (genitive nūntiae); first declension

1. a female messenger

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nūntia	nūntiae
Genitive	nūntiae	nūntiārum
Dative	nūntiae	nūntiīs
Accusative	nūntiam	nūntiās
Ablative	nūntiā	nūntiīs
Vocative	nūntia	nūntiae

Related terms

• nūntiō
• nūntius

Noun

(deprecated template usage) nūntiā

1. ablative singular of nūntia

References

• “nuntia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nuntia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nuntia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) remember me to your brother: nuntia fratri tuo salutem verbis meis (Fam. 7. 14)
    

Etymology 2

Inflected form of nūntiō (“announce”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnuːn.ti.aː/, [ˈnuːn̪t̪iäː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnun.t͡si.a/, [ˈnunt̪͡s̪iä]

Verb

(deprecated template usage) nūntiā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of nūntiō