pronuntio

Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proːˈnuːn.ti.oː/, [proːˈnuːn̪t̪ioː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈnun.t͡si.o/, [proˈnunt̪͡s̪io]

Verb

prōnūntiō (present infinitive prōnūntiāre, perfect active prōnūntiāvī, supine prōnūntiātum); first conjugation

to proclaim, declare, announce

Conjugation

Conjugation of prōnūntiō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōnūntiō	prōnūntiās	prōnūntiat	prōnūntiāmus	prōnūntiātis	prōnūntiant
	imperfect	prōnūntiābam	prōnūntiābās	prōnūntiābat	prōnūntiābāmus	prōnūntiābātis	prōnūntiābant
	future	prōnūntiābō	prōnūntiābis	prōnūntiābit	prōnūntiābimus	prōnūntiābitis	prōnūntiābunt
	perfect	prōnūntiāvī	prōnūntiāvistī, prōnūntiāstī¹	prōnūntiāvit, prōnūntiāt¹	prōnūntiāvimus, prōnūntiāmus¹	prōnūntiāvistis, prōnūntiāstis¹	prōnūntiāvērunt, prōnūntiāvēre, prōnūntiārunt¹
	pluperfect	prōnūntiāveram, prōnūntiāram¹	prōnūntiāverās, prōnūntiārās¹	prōnūntiāverat, prōnūntiārat¹	prōnūntiāverāmus, prōnūntiārāmus¹	prōnūntiāverātis, prōnūntiārātis¹	prōnūntiāverant, prōnūntiārant¹
	future perfect	prōnūntiāverō, prōnūntiārō¹	prōnūntiāveris, prōnūntiāris¹	prōnūntiāverit, prōnūntiārit¹	prōnūntiāverimus, prōnūntiārimus¹	prōnūntiāveritis, prōnūntiāritis¹	prōnūntiāverint, prōnūntiārint¹
passive	present	prōnūntior	prōnūntiāris, prōnūntiāre	prōnūntiātur	prōnūntiāmur	prōnūntiāminī	prōnūntiantur
	imperfect	prōnūntiābar	prōnūntiābāris, prōnūntiābāre	prōnūntiābātur	prōnūntiābāmur	prōnūntiābāminī	prōnūntiābantur
	future	prōnūntiābor	prōnūntiāberis, prōnūntiābere	prōnūntiābitur	prōnūntiābimur	prōnūntiābiminī	prōnūntiābuntur
	perfect	prōnūntiātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	prōnūntiātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	prōnūntiātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōnūntiem	prōnūntiēs	prōnūntiet	prōnūntiēmus	prōnūntiētis	prōnūntient
imperfect	prōnūntiārem	prōnūntiārēs	prōnūntiāret	prōnūntiārēmus	prōnūntiārētis	prōnūntiārent
perfect	prōnūntiāverim, prōnūntiārim¹	prōnūntiāverīs, prōnūntiārīs¹	prōnūntiāverit, prōnūntiārit¹	prōnūntiāverīmus, prōnūntiārīmus¹	prōnūntiāverītis, prōnūntiārītis¹	prōnūntiāverint, prōnūntiārint¹
pluperfect	prōnūntiāvissem, prōnūntiāssem¹	prōnūntiāvissēs, prōnūntiāssēs¹	prōnūntiāvisset, prōnūntiāsset¹	prōnūntiāvissēmus, prōnūntiāssēmus¹	prōnūntiāvissētis, prōnūntiāssētis¹	prōnūntiāvissent, prōnūntiāssent¹
passive	present	prōnūntier	prōnūntiēris, prōnūntiēre	prōnūntiētur	prōnūntiēmur	prōnūntiēminī	prōnūntientur
imperfect	prōnūntiārer	prōnūntiārēris, prōnūntiārēre	prōnūntiārētur	prōnūntiārēmur	prōnūntiārēminī	prōnūntiārentur
perfect	prōnūntiātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	prōnūntiātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	prōnūntiā	—	—	prōnūntiāte	—
active	future	—	prōnūntiātō	prōnūntiātō	—	prōnūntiātōte	prōnūntiantō
passive	present	—	prōnūntiāre	—	—	prōnūntiāminī	—
passive	future	—	prōnūntiātor	prōnūntiātor	—	—	prōnūntiantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		prōnūntiāre	prōnūntiāvisse, prōnūntiāsse¹	prōnūntiātūrum esse	prōnūntiārī	prōnūntiātum esse	prōnūntiātum īrī
participles		prōnūntiāns	—	prōnūntiātūrus	—	prōnūntiātus	prōnūntiandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		prōnūntiandī	prōnūntiandō	prōnūntiandum	prōnūntiandō	prōnūntiātum	prōnūntiātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Descendants

→ Catalan: pronunciar
→ German: pronunzieren
→ Italian: pronunciare
→ Old French: prononcier
- → Middle English: pronouncen
  - English: pronounce
- French: prononcer
→ Portuguese: pronunciar
→ Sicilian: prununziari
→ Spanish: pronunciar

References

“pronuntio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“pronuntio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
pronuntio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to recite a piece of verse (without gestures): carmen pronuntiare