pronuntiatio

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin prōnūntiātiō. Doublet of pronunciation.

Noun[edit]

pronuntiatio (uncountable)

  1. One of the five canons of classical rhetoric: the discipline of delivering speeches.

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Latin[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From prōnūntiō (proclaim, announce) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

prōnūntiātiō f (genitive prōnūntiātiōnis); third declension

  1. proclamation, declaration
  2. pronunciation, speech
  3. (rhetoric) manner, delivery

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative prōnūntiātiō prōnūntiātiōnēs
Genitive prōnūntiātiōnis prōnūntiātiōnum
Dative prōnūntiātiōnī prōnūntiātiōnibus
Accusative prōnūntiātiōnem prōnūntiātiōnēs
Ablative prōnūntiātiōne prōnūntiātiōnibus
Vocative prōnūntiātiō prōnūntiātiōnēs

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References[edit]

  • pronuntiatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pronuntiatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pronuntiatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • artistic delivery; declamation: pronuntiatio c. Gen.