obnuntiatio

Latin

Etymology

obnūntiō (“to announce bad news”) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ob.nuːn.tiˈaː.ti.oː/, [ɔbnuːn̪t̪iˈäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ob.nun.t͡siˈat.t͡si.o/, [obnunt̪͡s̪iˈät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

obnūntiātiō f (genitive obnūntiātiōnis); third declension

1. (augury) announcement of an opposing, adverse, or evil omen

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	obnuntiātiō	obnuntiātiōnēs
genitive	obnuntiātiōnis	obnuntiātiōnum
dative	obnuntiātiōnī	obnuntiātiōnibus
accusative	obnuntiātiōnem	obnuntiātiōnēs
ablative	obnuntiātiōne	obnuntiātiōnibus
vocative	obnuntiātiō	obnuntiātiōnēs

References

• “obnuntiatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• obnuntiatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.