nuntius
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin nūntius (“messenger”).
Noun
[edit]nuntius (plural nuntii)
- (chiefly theater) A messenger.
- Synonym: nuncius
- (Roman Catholicism) A nuncio.
Dutch
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[edit]Noun
[edit]nuntius m (plural nuntii or nuntiussen)
- (Roman Catholicism) a nuncio (diplomatic representative of the Holy See)
Usage notes
[edit]The most common plural is nuntii, which is favoured by Catholic sources. The plural nuntiussen is mostly used by the secular press and to a lesser degree by the Protestant press.
Derived terms
[edit]Finnish
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[edit]Noun
[edit]nuntius
Declension
[edit]Inflection of nuntius (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | nuntius | nuntiukset | |
genitive | nuntiuksen | nuntiusten nuntiuksien | |
partitive | nuntiusta | nuntiuksia | |
illative | nuntiukseen | nuntiuksiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | nuntius | nuntiukset | |
accusative | nom. | nuntius | nuntiukset |
gen. | nuntiuksen | ||
genitive | nuntiuksen | nuntiusten nuntiuksien | |
partitive | nuntiusta | nuntiuksia | |
inessive | nuntiuksessa | nuntiuksissa | |
elative | nuntiuksesta | nuntiuksista | |
illative | nuntiukseen | nuntiuksiin | |
adessive | nuntiuksella | nuntiuksilla | |
ablative | nuntiukselta | nuntiuksilta | |
allative | nuntiukselle | nuntiuksille | |
essive | nuntiuksena | nuntiuksina | |
translative | nuntiukseksi | nuntiuksiksi | |
abessive | nuntiuksetta | nuntiuksitta | |
instructive | — | nuntiuksin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain; competing hypotheses include:
- From Proto-Indo-European *newH- (“to cry”), whence Sanskrit नु (nu, “to sound out, praise”), नवते (navate, “to cry”), Old Irish núall (“a loud noise”), Tocharian B nu- (“to roar”). This is tentatively favored by de Vaan.[1]
- Contracted from noventius, from an obsolete noveō, from novus, though this is rejected by de Vaan due to the hypothetical proto-form *no(wo)wentio- not making sense morphologically.[1]
- From Proto-Indo-European *new- (“to nod”), same source as Latin *nuō, Ancient Greek νεύω (neúō, “to beckon, nod”) and Old Irish noid (“make known”).[2] This derivation may be a relic of an era when laryngeal theory was not as widely accepted and *newH- (“to cry”) was considered the same root as *new- (“to nod”), in which case the *new- derivation should be discarded.
- From Etruscan [script needed] (nunth, “to bring”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈnuːn.ti.us/, [ˈnuːn̪t̪iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnun.t͡si.us/, [ˈnunt̪͡s̪ius]
Noun
[edit]nūntius m (genitive nūntiī or nūntī, feminine nūntia); second declension
- a messenger, reporter, courier
- Synonyms: internūntia, praecō
- an envoy, message, report
- a command, order, injunction
- (in the plural) news, tidings, information
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | nūntius | nūntiī |
genitive | nūntiī nūntī1 |
nūntiōrum |
dative | nūntiō | nūntiīs |
accusative | nūntium | nūntiōs |
ablative | nūntiō | nūntiīs |
vocative | nūntie | nūntiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *nuntiolus (diminutive)
- Venetan: nonzolo (“sacristan”)
- Borrowings:
References
[edit]- “nuntius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nuntius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nuntius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- nuntius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to separate, be divorced (used of man or woman): nuntium remittere alicui (De Or. 1. 40)
- to separate, be divorced (used of man or woman): nuntium remittere alicui (De Or. 1. 40)
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “nŭntius”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 7: N–Pas, page 242
Norwegian Bokmål
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[edit]Noun
[edit]nuntius m (definite singular nuntien or nuntiusen, indefinite plural nuntier, definite plural nuntiene)
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]nuntius m (definite singular nuntiusen, indefinite plural nuntiusar, definite plural nuntiusane)
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