renuntio

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From re- +‎ nūntiō.

Pronunciation

Verb

renūntiō (present infinitive renūntiāre, perfect active renūntiāvī, supine renūntiātum); first conjugation

  1. to report or announce
    Synonyms: dēnūntiō, nūntiō, indico, prōdō, refero, adnūntiō, profiteor, nuncupō, praedicō, ēdīcō, dēferō, cōntiōnor
  2. to reject, retract, renounce or revoke
    Synonyms: negō, dētrectō, āspernor, āversor
    Antonym: aio

Conjugation

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

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • renuntio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • renuntio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • renuntio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to renounce, give up a friendship: amicitiam renuntiare
    • to sever (previous) hospitable relations: hospitium renuntiare (Liv. 25. 18)
    • to officially proclaim (by the praeco, herald) a man elected consul; to return a man consul: aliquem consulem renuntiare (De Or. 2. 64. 260)