denuntiatio Latin · revision 32659

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la nūntius}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [deː.nuːn.tiˈaː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [de.nun.t͡siˈat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēnūntiātiō''' ''f'' (genitive dēnūntiātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''dēnunciātiō''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dēnūntiō|-tiō|t1=to announce]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) [[m|la|dēnūntiō]] is built on [[m|la|nūntius|t=messenger]], whose further etymology de Vaan calls unclear.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero.^(Köbler 2010) In the OLD's quotation from ''De oratore'' he says that one can make a judge attentive through the whole speech, not by the first announcement.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the making known of what is to happen, an announcement: Cicero asks what kind of announcement of disasters this is that comes from the gods.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also a warning or threat, as in a dream in Velleius, and ⟨dēnūntiātiō bellī⟩ is a declaration of war: Cicero says that something is not an embassy but a declaration of war.^(OLD 2012) It is an injunction: Cicero has a meeting held on Catiline's order.^(OLD 2012) In law it is a summons or formal notice, as in Papinian.^(OLD 2012) Paul the Deacon's Festus explains ⟨condictiō⟩ as a ⟨dēnūntiātiō⟩.^(TLL) It is also a denunciation: Suetonius has Gallus driven to his death by the denunciations of accusers.^(OLD 2012) Niermeyer records the medieval senses order, summons and prohibition.^(Niermeyer 1976) Church Latin glosses it denunciation, prohibition, announcement, publication.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of an announcement and a declaration of war.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 20 BC–30 AD – Velleius of a warning in a dream.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius of denunciations.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|announcement]], notification; a warning, threat;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995) ''dēnūntiātiō bellī'', a [[m|en|declaration]] of war.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # An injunction, admonition;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Niermeyer 1976) ''(law)'' a [[m|en|summons]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # A [[m|en|denunciation]], accusation.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' An order; a prohibition.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[denuntio|alt=dēnūntiō]]

+ * [[nuntius|alt=nūntius]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}