pronuntio

Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [proːˈnuːn.ti.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [proˈnun.t̪͡s̪i.o]

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, prōnūntiārunt, prōnūntiāvēre¹
	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		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		prōnūntiāre		prōnūntiārī		prōnūntiāns		—
future		prōnūntiātūrum esse		prōnūntiātum īrī		prōnūntiātūrus		prōnūntiandus
perfect		prōnūntiāvisse, prōnūntiāsse¹		prōnūntiātum esse		—		prōnūntiātus
future perfect		—		prōnūntiātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		prōnūntiātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
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
→ Galician: pronunciar
→ German: pronunzieren
→ Italian: pronunciare
→ Old French: prononcier
- → Middle English: pronouncen
  - English: pronounce
- French: prononcer
→ Portuguese: pronunciar
→ Romanian: pronunța
→ 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