renuntio

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From re- +‎ nūntiō.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    renūntiō (present infinitive renūntiāre, perfect active renūntiāvī, supine renūntiātum); first conjugation

    1. to report or announce
      Synonyms: dēnūntiō, nūntiō, indico, prōdō, refero, adnūntiō, profiteor, nuncupō, praedicō, ēdīcō, dēferō, cōntiōnor
    2. to reject, retract, renounce or revoke
      Synonyms: negō, dētrectō, āspernor, āversor
      Antonym: aio

    Conjugation

    1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

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    References

    • renuntio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • renuntio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • renuntio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to renounce, give up a friendship: amicitiam renuntiare
      • to sever (previous) hospitable relations: hospitium renuntiare (Liv. 25. 18)
      • to officially proclaim (by the praeco, herald) a man elected consul; to return a man consul: aliquem consulem renuntiare (De Or. 2. 64. 260)