obnuntio
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ob- (“against, before”) + nūntiō (“announce”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /obˈnuːn.ti.oː/, [ɔbˈnuːn̪t̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /obˈnun.t͡si.o/, [obˈnunt̪͡s̪io]
Verb
[edit]obnūntiō (present infinitive obnūntiāre, perfect active obnūntiāvī, supine obnūntiātum); first conjugation
- (transitive) to report or announce (bad news)
- (transitive, augury) to announce a bad omen
Conjugation
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[edit]References
[edit]- “obnuntio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obnuntio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obnuntio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the augurs announce an unfavourable sign: augures obnuntiant (consuli) (Phil. 2. 33. 83)
- the augurs announce an unfavourable sign: augures obnuntiant (consuli) (Phil. 2. 33. 83)
- obnuntio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016