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

• prōnūnciātiō

Etymology

From prōnūntiō (“proclaim, announce”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proː.nuːn.tiˈaː.ti.oː/, [proːnuːn̪t̪iˈäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pro.nun.t͡siˈat.t͡si.o/, [pronunt̪͡s̪iˈät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

prōnūntiātiō f (genitive prōnūntiātiōnis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	prōnūntiātiō	prōnūntiātiōnēs
Genitive	prōnūntiātiōnis	prōnūntiātiōnum
Dative	prōnūntiātiōnī	prōnūntiātiōnibus
Accusative	prōnūntiātiōnem	prōnūntiātiōnēs
Ablative	prōnūntiātiōne	prōnūntiātiōnibus
Vocative	prōnūntiātiō	prōnūntiātiōnēs

Related terms

• prōnūnciābilis
• prōnūnciātor
• prōnūnciātum
• prōnūnciātus
• prōnūnciātīvus
• prōnūnciātīvē
• prōnūnciō
• prōnūntiābilis
• prōnūntiātor
• prōnūntiātum
• prōnūntiātus
• prōnūntiātīvus
• prōnūntiātīvē
• prōnūntiō

 

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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • artistic delivery; declamation: pronuntiatio c. Gen.