renuntio Latin · revision 31232

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la nūntius}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [rɛˈnuːn.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [reˈnun.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''renūntiō''' (present infinitive renūntiāre, perfect active renūntiāvī, supine renūntiātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|re-|t=back]] and [[m|la|nūntiō|t=to announce]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The verb ⟨nūntiō⟩ comes from [[m|la|nūntius|t=messenger]], which de Vaan reconstructs as ⟨*nountio-⟩; its further origin is unclear, with derivations from a root ⟨*neuH-⟩ “to cry” and one from [[m|la|novus|t=new]] both proposed, the second hard to justify morphologically.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus is its first author in the OLD, who has ''abi et renūntiā'', “go and take back the message”, in the ''Bacchides''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is first to bring back word or report, and to announce facts, as Terence's “what did he report?”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Set phrases are ''lēgātiōnem renūntiāre'', to report on an embassy on returning home, and ''repudium renūntiāre'', to announce that an engagement is broken off, as in Plautus' ''Aulularia''.^(OLD 2012) In elections it is to declare a candidate elected, as in Cicero's ''Verrines''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ It also means to send word cancelling an invitation or engagement, as Plautus' guest who has promised to dine elsewhere, hence to call off an agreement or friendship and, with the dative, to give up or renounce something, as Seneca's man who renounces all other duties.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it “renounce, give up” beside “relate, report, declare, appoint”.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|renounce]] comes from it, partly through Old French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of taking back a message and of cancelling an invitation.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of declaring a candidate elected and of calling off an agreement.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca of renouncing duties.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English [[m|en|renounce]], from Old French and Latin.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To take back a message; to [[m|en|report]], announce.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''lēgātiōnem renūntiāre'': to report on an embassy;^(OLD 2012) ''repudium renūntiāre'': to announce the breaking off of an engagement.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To declare (a candidate) elected; to [[m|en|proclaim]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To send word cancelling an invitation or engagement.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To call off (an agreement, friendship); ''(with dative)'' to give up, [[m|en|renounce]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[abrenūntiō]]

+ * [[renūntiātiō]]

+ * [[renuntiātor]]

+ * [[renuntius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nūntius]]

+ * [[nūntiō]]

+ * [[ēnūntiō]]

+ * [[pronūntiō]]

+ * [[en|renounce]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}