LAT
nuntio
JSON
Lewis Short
(verb) : nuntĭo (nunc-), āvi, ātum, 1, nuntius
* To announce, declare, report, relate, narrate, make known, inform, give intelligence of, etc. (cf.: narro, indico, trado, scribo, dico, certiorem facio, etc.).
* In gen., alike of verbal and of written communications; constr. acc. of thing and dat. of person; for the acc. may stand an acc. and inf., a clause with ut or ne and subj., or subj. alone, or with de and abl.; for the dat. an acc. with ad (ante-class.); in pass., both personal and impersonal, the latter most usually, esp. in perf. nuntiatum est, with subj.-clause.
* Act.
* In partic., in jurid. Lat., to denounce, inform against: causam pecuniae fisco,Dig. 49, 14, 39; cf.: cum heres decessisset, exstitit qui bona nuntiaret,ib. 29, 5, 22: opus novum, to inform against a work undertaken by another to one's injury: opus novum, si tibi nuntiavero,ib. 4, 7, 3; 16; 43, 20, 3.
* Passive constructions.
* With inf.: ergo nuntiat patri abicere spem et uti necessitate,Tac. A. 16, 11 init.
* Absol.: Ly. Salutem multam dicito patrono. Cu. Nuntiabo, I will do so, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 38.
* Pers.: utinam meus nunc mortuos pater ad me nuntietur,Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 76: aquatores premi nuntiantur,Caes. B. C. 1, 73: crebris motibus terrae ruere in agris nuntiabantur tecta,Liv. 4, 21, 5: (tribuni) summā vi restare nuntiabantur,id. 4, 58, 4; 22, 54, 9: hoc adeo celeriter fecit, ut simul adesse, et venire nuntiaretur,Caes. B. G. 3, 36: jamjam adesse ejus equites nuntiabantur,id. ib. 1, 14; Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 1.
* Impers.: conantibus, priusquam id effici posset, adesse Romanos nuntiatur,Caes. B. G. 6, 4, 1: Caesari nuntiatur Sulmonenses cupere, etc.,id. B. C. 1, 18, 1: nuntiatur Afranio magnos commeatus ad flumen constitisse,id. ib. 1, 51, 1: non dubie mihi nuntiabatur Parthos transīsse Euphratem,Cic. Fam. 15, 1, 1; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 87; id. Mil. 18, 48: nuntiatum est nobis a M. Varrone, venisse eum Romā,Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 1: cum paulo esset de hoc incommodo nuntiatum,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41: nuntiatumque Hannibali est,Liv. 23, 19, 11; Cic. Fam. 11, 12, 1; Tac. A. 2, 79.—Absol.: occiso Sex. Roscio, qui primus Ameriam nuntiat?who will be the first bearer of the tidings?Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 96: bene, ita me di ament, nuntias,you bring good news,Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 20.
* To announce, declare, report, relate, narrate, make known, inform, give intelligence of, etc. (cf.: narro, indico, trado, scribo, dico, certiorem facio, etc.).
* In gen., alike of verbal and of written communications; constr. acc. of thing and dat. of person; for the acc. may stand an acc. and inf., a clause with ut or ne and subj., or subj. alone, or with de and abl.; for the dat. an acc. with ad (ante-class.); in pass., both personal and impersonal, the latter most usually, esp. in perf. nuntiatum est, with subj.-clause.
* Act.
* In partic., in jurid. Lat., to denounce, inform against: causam pecuniae fisco,Dig. 49, 14, 39; cf.: cum heres decessisset, exstitit qui bona nuntiaret,ib. 29, 5, 22: opus novum, to inform against a work undertaken by another to one's injury: opus novum, si tibi nuntiavero,ib. 4, 7, 3; 16; 43, 20, 3.
* Passive constructions.
* With inf.: ergo nuntiat patri abicere spem et uti necessitate,Tac. A. 16, 11 init.
* Absol.: Ly. Salutem multam dicito patrono. Cu. Nuntiabo, I will do so, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 38.
* Pers.: utinam meus nunc mortuos pater ad me nuntietur,Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 76: aquatores premi nuntiantur,Caes. B. C. 1, 73: crebris motibus terrae ruere in agris nuntiabantur tecta,Liv. 4, 21, 5: (tribuni) summā vi restare nuntiabantur,id. 4, 58, 4; 22, 54, 9: hoc adeo celeriter fecit, ut simul adesse, et venire nuntiaretur,Caes. B. G. 3, 36: jamjam adesse ejus equites nuntiabantur,id. ib. 1, 14; Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 1.
* Impers.: conantibus, priusquam id effici posset, adesse Romanos nuntiatur,Caes. B. G. 6, 4, 1: Caesari nuntiatur Sulmonenses cupere, etc.,id. B. C. 1, 18, 1: nuntiatur Afranio magnos commeatus ad flumen constitisse,id. ib. 1, 51, 1: non dubie mihi nuntiabatur Parthos transīsse Euphratem,Cic. Fam. 15, 1, 1; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 87; id. Mil. 18, 48: nuntiatum est nobis a M. Varrone, venisse eum Romā,Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 1: cum paulo esset de hoc incommodo nuntiatum,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41: nuntiatumque Hannibali est,Liv. 23, 19, 11; Cic. Fam. 11, 12, 1; Tac. A. 2, 79.—Absol.: occiso Sex. Roscio, qui primus Ameriam nuntiat?who will be the first bearer of the tidings?Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 96: bene, ita me di ament, nuntias,you bring good news,Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 20.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
This web service is provided and maintained by TELOTA - IT/DH
