pronuntiatio

English

Noun

pronuntiatio (uncountable)

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

See also

Latin

Alternative forms
  • prōnunciātiō

Etymology

From prōnūntiō (“proclaim, announce”)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /proː.nuːn.tiˈaː.ti.oː/, [proː.nuːn.tɪˈaː.ti.oː]

Noun

prōnūntiātiō f (genitive prōnūntiātiōnis); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative prōnūntiātiō prōnūntiātiōnēs
Genitive prōnūntiātiōnis prōnūntiātiōnum
Dative prōnūntiātiōnī prōnūntiātiōnibus
Accusative prōnūntiātiōnem prōnūntiātiōnēs
Ablative prōnūntiātiōne prōnūntiātiōnibus
Vocative prōnūntiātiō prōnūntiātiōnēs

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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