nuntia
Latin
Etymology 1
Feminine form of nū̆ntius (“messenger”).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnuːn.ti.a], [ˈnʊn.ti.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnun.t̪͡s̪i.a]
Noun
nū̆ntia f (genitive nū̆ntiae, masculine nūntius); first declension
- a female messenger
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nū̆ntia | nū̆ntiae |
| genitive | nū̆ntiae | nū̆ntiārum |
| dative | nū̆ntiae | nū̆ntiīs |
| accusative | nū̆ntiam | nū̆ntiās |
| ablative | nū̆ntiā | nū̆ntiīs |
| vocative | nū̆ntia | nū̆ntiae |
Related terms
Further reading
- “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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) remember me to your brother: nuntia fratri tuo salutem verbis meis (Fam. 7. 14)
- (ambiguous) remember me to your brother: nuntia fratri tuo salutem verbis meis (Fam. 7. 14)
Etymology 2
Inflected form of nū̆ntiō (“to announce”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnuːn.ti.aː], [ˈnʊn.ti.aː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnun.t̪͡s̪i.a]
Verb
nū̆ntiā
- second-person singular present active imperative of nū̆ntiō
Etymology 3
Inflected form of nūntium (“a message”).
Noun
nūntia
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of nūntium