annuntio Latin · revision 6331

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Pliny the Elder|origins=la nūntius}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''annūntiō''' (present infinitive annūntiāre, perfect active annūntiāvī, supine annūntiātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ad-|t=to]] and [[nūntiō]] “to report”, from [[nūntius]] “messenger, message”: literally “to bring news to”.^(Etymonline)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis and Short prefer the spelling ⟨adnuntiō⟩ and reject ⟨annunciō⟩.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis and Short cite Pliny the Elder, who reports that someone was announced dead.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Pliny the Elder 23/24–79 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to announce, make known, relate, proclaim, and Lewis and Short call it post-Augustan and mostly ecclesiastical, very frequent in the Vulgate.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Apuleius uses it, and in the Vulgate it means to declare God's truth, to preach the kingdom of God and the Gospel, and to tell people to repent.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to announce, relate, declare.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in French ''annoncer'', Italian ''annunciare'' and Spanish ''anunciar''.^(Wiktionary) Through Old French ''anoncier'' it is the source of [[en|announce]] about 1500, and [[en|annunciate]] comes from the misspelled participle ''annunciātus'' in the 1530s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of announcing a death.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate uses it of preaching.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1500 – English ''announce'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|announce]], make known, relate.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' To proclaim, [[m|en|preach]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nūntius]]

+ * [[nūntiō]]

+ * [[en|announce]]

+ * [[en|annunciate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}