pronuntiatio
English
Etymology
From Latin prōnūntiātiō. Doublet of pronunciation.
Noun
pronuntiatio (uncountable)
- One of the five canons of classical rhetoric: the discipline of delivering speeches.
See also
- dispositio
- elocutio
- inventio
- memoria
Latin
Alternative forms
- prōnūnciātiō
Etymology
From prōnūntiō (“proclaim, announce”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /proː.nuːn.tiˈaː.ti.oː/, [proːnuːn̪t̪iˈäːt̪ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pro.nun.t͡siˈat.t͡si.o/, [pronunt̪͡s̪iˈät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
prōnūntiātiō f (genitive prōnūntiātiōnis); third declension
- proclamation, declaration
- pronunciation, speech
- (rhetoric) manner, delivery
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | prōnūntiātiō | prōnūntiātiōnēs |
Genitive | prōnūntiātiōnis | prōnūntiātiōnum |
Dative | prōnūntiātiōnī | prōnūntiātiōnibus |
Accusative | prōnūntiātiōnem | prōnūntiātiōnēs |
Ablative | prōnūntiātiōne | prōnūntiātiōnibus |
Vocative | prōnūntiātiō | prōnūntiātiōnēs |
Related terms
- prōnūnciābilis
- prōnūnciātīvē
- prōnūnciātīvus
- prōnūnciātor
- prōnūnciātum
- prōnūnciātus
- prōnūnciō
- prōnūntiābilis
- prōnūntiātīvē
- prōnūntiātīvus
- prōnūntiātor
- prōnūntiātum
- prōnūntiātus
- prōnūntiō
Descendants
- Catalan: pronunciació
- Italian: pronunciazione
- Middle French: pronunciation, prononciation
- French: prononciation
- → Middle English: pronunciacioun, pronunciacion
- English: pronunciation
- Scots: pronunciacione
- Spanish: pronunciación
- Portuguese: pronunciação
- Romanian: pronunțiație
- → English: pronuntiatio
References
- “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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- artistic delivery; declamation: pronuntiatio c. Gen.
- artistic delivery; declamation: pronuntiatio c. Gen.