nuntius
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin nūntius (“messenger”).
Noun edit
nuntius (plural nuntii)
- (chiefly theater) A messenger.
- Synonym: nuncius
- (Roman Catholicism) A nuncio.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nuntius m (plural nuntii or nuntiussen)
- (Roman Catholicism) A nuncio (diplomatic representative of the Holy See).
Usage notes edit
The most common plural is nuntii, which is favoured by Catholic sources. The plural nuntiussen is mostly used by the secular press and to a lesser degree by the Protestant press.
Derived terms edit
Finnish edit
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nuntius
Declension edit
Inflection of nuntius (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | nuntius | nuntiukset | ||
genitive | nuntiuksen | nuntiusten nuntiuksien | ||
partitive | nuntiusta | nuntiuksia | ||
illative | nuntiukseen | nuntiuksiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | nuntius | nuntiukset | ||
accusative | nom. | nuntius | nuntiukset | |
gen. | nuntiuksen | |||
genitive | nuntiuksen | nuntiusten nuntiuksien | ||
partitive | nuntiusta | nuntiuksia | ||
inessive | nuntiuksessa | nuntiuksissa | ||
elative | nuntiuksesta | nuntiuksista | ||
illative | nuntiukseen | nuntiuksiin | ||
adessive | nuntiuksella | nuntiuksilla | ||
ablative | nuntiukselta | nuntiuksilta | ||
allative | nuntiukselle | nuntiuksille | ||
essive | nuntiuksena | nuntiuksina | ||
translative | nuntiukseksi | nuntiuksiksi | ||
abessive | nuntiuksetta | nuntiuksitta | ||
instructive | — | nuntiuksin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain; competing hypotheses include:
- From Proto-Indo-European *newH- (“to cry”), whence Sanskrit नु (nu, “to sound out, praise”), नवते (navate, “to cry”), Old Irish núall (“a loud noise”), Tocharian B nu- (“to roar”). This is tentatively favored by de Vaan.[1]
- Contracted from noventius, from an obsolete noveō, from novus, though this is rejected by de Vaan due to the hypothetical proto-form *no(wo)wentio- not making sense morphologically.[1]
- From Proto-Indo-European *new- (“to nod”), same source as Latin *nuō, Ancient Greek νεύω (neúō, “to beckon, nod”) and Old Irish noid (“make known”).[2] This derivation may be a relic of an era when laryngeal theory was not as widely accepted and *newH- (“to cry”) was considered the same root as *new- (“to nod”), in which case the *new- derivation should be discarded.
- From Etruscan [script needed] (nunth, “to bring”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnuːn.ti.us/, [ˈnuːn̪t̪iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnun.t͡si.us/, [ˈnunt̪͡s̪ius]
Noun edit
nūntius m (genitive nūntiī or nūntī, feminine nūntia); second declension
- a messenger, reporter, courier
- Synonyms: internūntia, praecō
- an envoy, message, report
- a command, order, injunction
- (in the plural) news, tidings, information
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | nūntius | nūntiī |
Genitive | nūntiī nūntī1 |
nūntiōrum |
Dative | nūntiō | nūntiīs |
Accusative | nūntium | nūntiōs |
Ablative | nūntiō | nūntiīs |
Vocative | nūntie | nūntiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *nuntiolus (diminutive)
- Venetian: nonzolo (“sacristan”)
- Borrowings:
References edit
- “nuntius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nuntius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nuntius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- nuntius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to separate, be divorced (used of man or woman): nuntium remittere alicui (De Or. 1. 40)
- to separate, be divorced (used of man or woman): nuntium remittere alicui (De Or. 1. 40)
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “nŭntius”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 7: N–Pas, page 242
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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Noun edit
nuntius m (definite singular nuntien or nuntiusen, indefinite plural nuntier, definite plural nuntiene)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
nuntius m (definite singular nuntiusen, indefinite plural nuntiusar, definite plural nuntiusane)