pronuntiatio

English

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). Doublet of pronunciation.

Noun

pronuntiatio (uncountable)

  1. One of the five canons of classical rhetoric: the discipline of delivering speeches.

See also

Latin

Alternative forms

  • prōnūnciātiō

Etymology

From prōnūntiō (proclaim, announce) + -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

prōnūntiātiō f (genitive prōnūntiātiōnis); third declension

  1. proclamation, declaration
  2. pronunciation, speech
  3. (rhetoric) manner, delivery

Declension

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Descendants

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.
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