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verbfirst conjugation

prōnūntiō

prōnūntiō (present infinitive prōnūntiāre, perfect active prōnūntiāvī, supine prōnūntiātum)
Classical[proːˈnuːn.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[proˈnun.t͡si.o]
prōnūnciō

Meaning

  1. to proclaim, declare, announce
    et mercatores in oppidis vulgus circumsistat quibusque ex regionibus veniant quasque ibi res cognoverint pronuntiare cogatand, in towns, a crowd surrounds traders and forces them to tell of which regions they came from and what they have learned therec. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 4.5.34
    Aequam igitur pronuntiabit sententiam ratioReason will therefore deliver a just verdict45 BCE, Cicero, De finibus bonorum et malorum 2.37
  2. transitiveto appoint for public office
    postremo, victi consensu et seditionem metuentes, pronuntiant eos praetores.2020 translation by J. C. Yardley but finally overwhelmed by the unanimity and fearing a riot, they declared both men praetors27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 24.27
    ut exceptis consulatus conpetitoribus de cetero numero candidatorum pro parte dimidia quos populus vellet pronuntiarenturthat, with the exception of those competing for the consulship, half the number of candidates should be those whom the people wished to be nominated121 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum 1 41
  3. post Classicalto sentence
    Protectores vero pronuntiati vertere solum exilio, ut Marino eisdem consciis mori permisso, veniam Arbetione meruere precante.1950 translation by J. C. Rolfe But the members of the emperor’s guard, after being sentenced to leave the country for exile, since Marinus with their connivance had been allowed to die, at the suit of Arbetio obtained pardon.380 CE – 392 CE, Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 15.11
  4. intransitiveto act, perform on stage
    Ideo actores pronuntiare dicuntur, quod in proscaenio enuntiant poeta cogitataTherefore, actors are said to pronuntiare (perform on stage), because in the proscaenium (proscenium) they enuntiant (make known) the poet's thoughts116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, De Lingua Latina 6.58
    Lucceia mima c annis in scaena pronuntiavitThe actress Lucceia performed on stage at age 100 (literally, “The actress Lucceia at one hundred years pronounced in the stage”) (The Loeb Classical Library edition of the text suggests a possible alternative translation "had a stage-career of a hundred years.")77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 7.158
  5. ambitransitiveto pronounce, sound out, articulate
    Inde ‘Castorem’ media syllaba producta pronuntiaruntTherefore, they pronounced Castorem with the middle syllable longc. 95 CE, Quintilianus, Institutio oratoria
    neque tamen “ad” particula satis commode accentu acuto pronuntiatur.1927 translation by J. C. Rolfe yet it is not at all proper to pronounce the particle ad with the acute accent.c. 177 CE, Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 6.7.8

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Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Eloqui · Enunciare · Proloqui · Pronunciare · Recitare

1. Eloqui and enunciare denote an act of the intellect, in conformity to which one utters a thought that was resting in the mind; but the eloquens regards therein both substance and form, and would express his thought in the most perfect language; whereas the enuncians regards merely the substance, and would only make his thought publici juris, or communicate it; hence elocutio belongs to rhetoric, enuntiatio to logic. 2. On the other hand, proloqui denotes a moral act, in conformity to which one resolves to give utterance to a secret thought, in opp. to reticere, like profiteri; lastly, pronuntiare, a physical act, by which one utters any thing, whether thought of, or written mechanically by the organs of speech, and makes it heard, like recitare. Pronuntiare, however, is a simple act of the organs of speech, and aims merely at being fully heard; recitare is an act of refined art, and aims by just modulation, according to the laws of declamation, to make a pleasing impression. Pronuntiatio relates only to single letters, syllables, and words, as the elements and body of speech, whereas recitatio relates both to the words and to their import, as the spirit of speech. (iv. 4.)

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.prōnūntiōprōnūntiābamprōnūntiābōprōnūntiāvīprōnūntiāveram
prōnūntiāram		prōnūntiāverō
prōnūntiārō
2nd sg.prōnūntiāsprōnūntiābāsprōnūntiābisprōnūntiāvistī
prōnūntiāstī		prōnūntiāverās
prōnūntiārās		prōnūntiāveris
prōnūntiāris
3rd sg.prōnūntiatprōnūntiābatprōnūntiābitprōnūntiāvit
prōnūntiāt		prōnūntiāverat
prōnūntiārat		prōnūntiāverit
prōnūntiārit
1st pl.prōnūntiāmusprōnūntiābāmusprōnūntiābimusprōnūntiāvimus
prōnūntiāmus		prōnūntiāverāmus
prōnūntiārāmus		prōnūntiāverimus
prōnūntiārimus
2nd pl.prōnūntiātisprōnūntiābātisprōnūntiābitisprōnūntiāvistis
prōnūntiāstis		prōnūntiāverātis
prōnūntiārātis		prōnūntiāveritis
prōnūntiāritis
3rd pl.prōnūntiantprōnūntiābantprōnūntiābuntprōnūntiāvērunt
prōnūntiārunt, prōnūntiāvēre		prōnūntiāverant
prōnūntiārant		prōnūntiāverint
prōnūntiārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.prōnūntiemprōnūntiāremprōnūntiāverim
prōnūntiārim		prōnūntiāvissem
prōnūntiāssem
2nd sg.prōnūntiēsprōnūntiārēsprōnūntiāverīs
prōnūntiārīs		prōnūntiāvissēs
prōnūntiāssēs
3rd sg.prōnūntietprōnūntiāretprōnūntiāverit
prōnūntiārit		prōnūntiāvisset
prōnūntiāsset
1st pl.prōnūntiēmusprōnūntiārēmusprōnūntiāverīmus
prōnūntiārīmus		prōnūntiāvissēmus
prōnūntiāssēmus
2nd pl.prōnūntiētisprōnūntiārētisprōnūntiāverītis
prōnūntiārītis		prōnūntiāvissētis
prōnūntiāssētis
3rd pl.prōnūntientprōnūntiārentprōnūntiāverint
prōnūntiārint		prōnūntiāvissent
prōnūntiāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.prōnūntiorprōnūntiābarprōnūntiābor
2nd sg.prōnūntiāris
prōnūntiāre		prōnūntiābāris
prōnūntiābāre		prōnūntiāberis
prōnūntiābere
3rd sg.prōnūntiāturprōnūntiābāturprōnūntiābitur
1st pl.prōnūntiāmurprōnūntiābāmurprōnūntiābimur
2nd pl.prōnūntiāminīprōnūntiābāminīprōnūntiābiminī
3rd pl.prōnūntianturprōnūntiābanturprōnūntiābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.prōnūntierprōnūntiārer
2nd sg.prōnūntiēris
prōnūntiēre		prōnūntiārēris
prōnūntiārēre
3rd sg.prōnūntiēturprōnūntiārētur
1st pl.prōnūntiēmurprōnūntiārēmur
2nd pl.prōnūntiēminīprōnūntiārēminī
3rd pl.prōnūntienturprōnūntiārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.prōnūntiāprōnūntiāre
pres. 2nd pl.prōnūntiāteprōnūntiāminī
fut. 2nd sg.prōnūntiātōprōnūntiātor
fut. 3rd sg.prōnūntiātōprōnūntiātor
fut. 2nd pl.prōnūntiātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.prōnūntiantōprōnūntiantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveprōnūntiāreprōnūntiārī
perfect infinitiveprōnūntiāvisse
prōnūntiāsse		prōnūntiātum esse
future infinitiveprōnūntiātūrum esseprōnūntiātum īrī
present participleprōnūntiāns
prōnūntiante, prōnūntiantem, prōnūntiantēs, prōnūntiantī, prōnūntiantia, prōnūntiantibus, prōnūntiantis, prōnūntiantīs, prōnūntiantium		—
perfect participle—prōnūntiātus
prōnūntiāta, prōnūntiātā, prōnūntiātae, prōnūntiātam, prōnūntiātārum, prōnūntiātās, prōnūntiātī, prōnūntiātōrum, prōnūntiātōs
future participleprōnūntiātūrus
prōnūntiātūra, prōnūntiātūrā, prōnūntiātūrae, prōnūntiātūram, prōnūntiātūrārum, prōnūntiātūrās, prōnūntiātūre, prōnūntiātūrī, prōnūntiātūrīs, prōnūntiātūrō, prōnūntiātūrōrum, prōnūntiātūrōs, prōnūntiātūrum		prōnūntiandus
gerundprōnūntiandī, prōnūntiandō, prōnūntiandumsupineprōnūntiātum, prōnūntiātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

carmen pronuntiare
to recite a piece of verse (without gestures).

prō-nuntĭo (prōnunc-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a.
I. , to make publicly known, to publish, proclaim, announce (cf.: edico, promulgo).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: palam de sellā ac tribunali pronuntiat, sese ejus nomen recepturum, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 94: cum consules amplius de consilii sententiā pronuntiavissent, id. Brut. 22, 86: sententiam, to deliver the verdict, id. Fin. 2, 12, 36: judex ita pronuntiavit, pronounced the decision, id. Off. 3, 16, 66: re auditā, pronuntiare, id. Fin. 1, 7, 24: leges, id. Phil. 1, 10, 24: signum, Hirt. B. G. 8, 15: proelium in posterum diem, Liv. 24, 14: iter, id. 30, 10; Curt. 4, 8, 16; 7, 2, 1: rem in venundando, to notify at the time of sale, Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66: jusserunt pronuntiare, ut, etc., Caes. B. G. 5, 33, 3; cf.: pronuntiare jusserunt, ne quis ab loco discederet, id. ib. 5, 34: rerum omnium maximus judex, cujus est non argumentari sed pronuntiare verum, Lact. 3, 1, 11.—Of a public crier: pronuntiare victorum nomina, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 8; Suet. Dom. 10.—
B. In partic.
1. To nominate, appoint as public officer: aliquem praetorem, Liv. 24, 27; Suet. Caes. 41.—
2. To sentence (post-class.); with inf.: protectores pronuntiati vertere solum in exilio, Amm. 15, 3, 12; cf.: ad bestias, Tert. Res. Carn. 16; Dig. 40, 1, 23.—
3. To promise, proclaim, offer as a reward: praemia militi, Liv. 2, 20; 31, 45: pecuniam, Cic. Clu. 29, 78: tribunis vocatis nummos, Sen. Ep. 118, 3; Suet. Caes. 19: militibus donativum, id. Galb. 16: beneficia, id. Ner. 24: munus populo, id. Caes. 26: quippe Darius mille talenta interfectori Alexandri daturum pronuntiari jusserat, Curt. 3, 5, 15.—Absol.: pronuntiasse (sc. nummos), Cic. Planc. 18, 45.—
II. Transf.
A. To speak any thing in public, to recite, rehearse, declaim, deliver, pronounce, etc.: versus multos uno spiritu pronuntiare, Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261; 1, 19, 88; 2, 19, 79; id. Div. 2, 5, 14; Auct. Her. 4, 56, 69; Quint. 11, 3, 12 sq.; Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 12 et saep.—
2. Esp., to act, perform on the stage: intente instanterque, Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 16: actores pronuntiare dicuntur, Varr. L. L. 6, § 58 Müll.: Lucceia mima centum annis in scenā pronuntiavit, Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 158.—
B. To tell, announce, relate, narrate, report: cum eam rem scisset et non pronuntiasset, Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66: mercatores quibus ex regionibus veniant, pronuntiare cogunt, Caes. B. G. 4, 5, 2: quae gesta sunt pronuntiare, id. ib. 7, 38: aliquid sincere, id. ib. 7, 20: alius jam capta castra pronuntiat, id. ib. 6, 36.—
C. To utter, pronounce (cf.: appello, dico): neque tamen ad particula accentu acuto pronuntiatur, Gell. 6 (7), 8, 8, § 2: Castorem mediă syllabă productă, Quint. 1, 5, 60; 9, 4, 34: verba corrupte, Gell. 13, 30, 2.—Hence, prōnuntĭātum (prōnunc-), i, n. In logic, a proposition, axiom; a translation of the Gr. ἀξίωμα, Cic. Tusc. 1, 7, 14; cf. Gell. 16, 8, 8.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  5. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  6. Proto-Italic*pro-
  7. Latinprōnūntiō

Latin nūntius Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin nūntiō Latin prōnūntiō From prō- + nūntiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanpronunciar
  • Germanpronunzieren
  • Italianpronunciare
  • Englishpronouncefrom Old French prononcier
  • Frenchprononcerfrom Old French prononcier
  • Portuguesepronunciar
  • Romanianpronunța
  • Spanishpronunciar
  • Asturianprenunciar
  • Asturianpronunciar

In English words that came into English from prōnūntiō

  • pronounceprōnūntiō
  • pronunciationprōnūntiātiō
  • pronunciatorpronunciator
  • pronuntiatioprōnūntiātiō

Quick answers

What does prōnūntiō mean in Latin?
prōnūntiō, a verb, means “to proclaim, declare, announce; to pronounce, sound out, articulate”.
What are the principal parts of prōnūntiō?
prōnūntiō, prōnūntiāre, prōnūntiāvī, prōnūntiātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce prōnūntiō?
In classical Latin, [proːˈnuːn.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [proˈnun.t͡si.o].
Where does prōnūntiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *pér → Proto-Indo-European *pró → Proto-Indo-European *pro- → Proto-Italic *pro- → Latin prōnūntiō.
Which English words come from prōnūntiō?
English words that go back to Latin prōnūntiō include pronounce, pronunciation, pronunciator and pronuntiatio.