nuntius

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin nūntius (“messenger”). === Noun === nuntius (plural nuntii) (chiefly theater) A messenger. Synonym: nuncius (Roman Catholicism) A nuncio. == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin nuntius. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnʏn.tsi.ʏs/ Hyphenation: nun‧ti‧us === Noun === nuntius m (plural nuntii or nuntiussen, no diminutive) (Roman Catholicism) a nuncio (diplomatic representative of the Holy See) ==== Usage notes ==== The most common plural is nuntii, which is favoured by Catholic sources. The plural nuntiussen is mostly used by the secular press and to a lesser degree by the Protestant press. ==== Derived terms ==== nuntiatuur == Finnish == === Etymology === From Latin nūntius. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnuntius/, [ˈnun̪t̪ius̠] Rhymes: -untius Syllabification(key): nun‧ti‧us Hyphenation(key): nun‧ti‧us === Noun === nuntius nuncio ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “nuntius”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 14 May 2026 == Latin == === Alternative forms === nontius, nountius, nūncius === Etymology === Uncertain; competing hypotheses include: From Proto-Indo-European *newH- (“to cry”), whence Sanskrit नु (nu, “to sound out, praise”), नवते (navate, “to cry”), Old Irish núall (“a loud noise”), Tocharian B nu- (“to roar”). This is tentatively favored by De Vaan. Contracted from noventius, from an obsolete noveō, from novus, though this is rejected by De Vaan due to the hypothetical proto-form *no(wo)wentio- not making sense morphologically. From Proto-Indo-European *new- (“to nod”), same source as Latin *nuō, Ancient Greek νεύω (neúō, “to beckon, nod”) and Old Irish noid (“make known”). This derivation may be a relic of an era when laryngeal theory was not as widely accepted and *newH- (“to cry”) was considered the same root as *new- (“to nod”), in which case the *new- derivation should be discarded. From Etruscan [script needed] (nunth, “to bring”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnuːn.ti.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnun.t͡si.us] === Noun === nūntius m (genitive nūntiī or nūntī, feminine nūntia); second declension a messenger, reporter, courier Synonyms: internūntia, praecō an envoy, message, report a command, order, injunction Synonyms: dēcrētum, praeceptum, iussus, ēdictum, ēdictiō, scītum, dēcrētiō, mandātum, imperium (in the plural) news, tidings, information Synonyms: fāma, indicium ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “nuntius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “nuntius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "nuntius", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “nuntius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “nŭntius”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 7: N–Pas, page 242 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Latin nuntius (“envoy”). === Noun === nuntius m (definite singular nuntien or nuntiusen, indefinite plural nuntier, definite plural nuntiene) (Roman Catholicism) a nuncio == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Latin nuntius (“envoy”). === Noun === nuntius m (definite singular nuntiusen, indefinite plural nuntiusar, definite plural nuntiusane) (Roman Catholicism) a nuncio