(verb) : dē-nuntĭo (-cĭo), āvi, ātum, 1, Orig. t. t. in the lang. of pub. law, relig., and jurispr.
* To give an official intimation, to make an official announcement or declaration of one's intentions (by means of a messenger, herald, etc.); to announce, intimate, declare, = nuntiando declarare; and with a foll. ut or merely the subjunctive, to intimate, order, command (for syn. cf.: edico, indico, narro, nuntio, refero, defero, renuntio, enuntio, dico).
* Prop.
* Polit. lang.
* Transf. beyond the technical sphere, to announce, intimate, declare; to denounce, menace, threaten; with ut, or merely the subjunct., to intimate, order, command.
* In relig. lang.
* With ut or ne: Gaditanos denuntiavisse Gallonio, ut sua sponte excederet Gadibus; si id non fecisset, sibi consilium capturos,Caes. B. C. 2, 20, 3; cf. Liv. 7, 31: nationibus denuntiare, uti auxilia mittant,Caes. B. G. 6, 10; cf.: per vicos urbesque, ut commeatus expedirent,Liv. 44, 26: simul denuntiavit ut essent animi parati,Caes. B. C. 3, 86 fin.: cf.: dictator magistro equitum denuntiavit, ut sese loco teneret, neu, etc.,Liv. 8, 30; and so with ne, id. 9, 36 fin.; Vulg. Act. 4, 18.
* In jurid. lang.
* With acc.: quibus portentis magna populo Romano bella denuntiabantur,Cic. Div. 1, 43, 97: caedem Caesari evidentibus prodigiis,Suet. Caes. 81 init.; cf. id. Aug. 94; 96; Verg. A. 3, 366 al.
* With ut: si quid tale acciderit, ut a deo denuntiatum videatur, ut exeamus e vita,Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 118.
* Alicui testimonium, to summon a witness: si accusator voluerit testimonium eis denuntiare,Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110 (cf.: denuntiatio testimonii,id. Fl. 6, 14); so, testibus: quoniam duo genera sunt testium, aut voluntariorum aut eorum, quibus in judiciis publicis lege denuntiatur,Quint. 5, 7, 9; cf. ib. § 15; Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 2.—Absol.: non denuntiavi,Cic. Fl. 15, 35.
* To give notice of a suit or process, Dig. 5, 3, 20, § 6 fin.: de isto fundo, Cic. Caecin., 32, 95: in foro denuntiat fundum illum suum esse,id. ib. 7, 19.
* Litem denuntiare, to summon for immediate trial (late Lat.), Symm. Ep. 10, 52; Aur. Vict. Caes. 16, 11.
* Of personal subjects.
* With acc.: ille inimicitias mihi denuntiavit,Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 19; cf.: populo Romano servitutem,id. ib. 5, 8, 21: proscriptionem, caedem, direptionem,id. Sest. 20, 46; cf. id. ib. 17 fin.; id. Mur. 24 fin. et saep.: oculis et aspectu vim tribuniciam,id. Agr. 2, 5, 13; id. Att. 13, 12, 3.
* Of subjects not personal, to give notice, make known, signify, indicate: terra continens adventus hostium multis indiciis ante denuntiat,Cic. Rep. 2, 3: illa arma non periculum nobis sed praesidium denuntiant,id. Mil. 1, 3: si ante exortum nubes globabuntur, hiemem asperam denuntiabunt, etc.,Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 344: caeruleus (color) pluviam denuntiat, igneus euros,Verg. G. 1, 453: hoc juncti boves, hoc paratus equus, hoc data arma denuntiant,Tac. G. 18 fin.: arbor statim pestem denuntians,Plin. 13, 22, 38, § 118.
* With a relative clause: denuntiasti homo adulescens, quid de summa reipublicae sentires,Cic. Planc. 22.
* With ut: mihi Lupus noster subito denuntiavit, ut ad to scriberem, Cic. Fam. 11, 25.—(ε) With simple subjunctive, = moneo, praedico, ante denuntio, abstineant, etc., Cic. Verr. 1, 12 fin.—(ζ) With de: de isto fundo,Cic. Caecin. 32 fin.—(η) Absol.: monente et denuntiante te,Cic. Fam. 4, 3; id. Quint. 17.

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