nuntia

Latin

Etymology 1

Feminine form of nūntius (messenger).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • nūntia: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnuːn.ti.a/, [ˈnuːn̪t̪iä]
  • nūntia: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnun.t͡si.a/, [ˈnunt̪͡s̪iä]
  • nūntiā: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnuːn.ti.aː/, [ˈnuːn̪t̪iäː]
  • nūntiā: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnun.t͡si.a/, [ˈnunt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

nūntia f (genitive nūntiae, masculine nūntius); first declension

  1. a female messenger
Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative nūntia nūntiae
Genitive nūntiae nūntiārum
Dative nūntiae nūntiīs
Accusative nūntiam nūntiās
Ablative nūntiā nūntiīs
Vocative nūntia nūntiae

References

  • nuntia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nuntia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nuntia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) remember me to your brother: nuntia fratri tuo salutem verbis meis (Fam. 7. 14)

Etymology 2

Inflected form of nūntiō (announce).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnuːn.ti.aː/, [ˈnuːn̪t̪iäː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnun.t͡si.a/, [ˈnunt̪͡s̪iä]

Verb

nūntiā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of nūntiō
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