pronuntiatio

English

Noun

pronuntiatio (uncountable)

1. One of the five canons of classical rhetoric: the discipline of delivering speeches.

See also

• dispositio
• elocutio
• inventio
• memoria

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Latin

Alternative forms

• prōnunciātiō

Etymology

From prōnuntiō (“proclaim, announce”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /proː.nun.tiˈaː.ti.oː/, [proː.nʊn.tɪˈaː.ti.oː]

Noun

prōnuntiātiō f (genitive prōnuntiātiōnis); third declension

1. proclamation, declaration
2. pronunciation, speech
3. (rhetoric) manner, delivery

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	prōnuntiātiō	prōnuntiātiōnēs
genitive	prōnuntiātiōnis	prōnuntiātiōnum
dative	prōnuntiātiōnī	prōnuntiātiōnibus
accusative	prōnuntiātiōnem	prōnuntiātiōnēs
ablative	prōnuntiātiōne	prōnuntiātiōnibus
vocative	prōnuntiātiō	prōnuntiātiōnēs

Related terms

• prōnuntiābilis, prōnunciābilis
• prōnuntiātīvē, prōnunciātīvē
• prōnuntiātīvus, prōnunciātīvus
• prōnuntiātor, prōnunciātor

• prōnuntiātum, prōnunciātum
• prōnuntiātus, prōnunciātus
• prōnuntiō, prōnunciō

Descendants

• English: pronunciation
• French: prononciation
• Italian: pronuncia
• Spanish: pronunciación

References

• pronuntiatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pronuntiatio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “pronuntiatio” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • artistic delivery; declamation: pronuntiatio c. Gen.