# 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: /ˈnʏn.tsi.ʏs/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: nun‧ti‧us

### Noun

nuntius m (plural nuntii or nuntiussen)
* (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: /ˈnuntius/, [ˈnun̪t̪ius̠]
* Rhymes: -untius
* Hyphenation: nun‧ti‧us

### Noun

nuntius
* nuncio

#### Declension

Possessive forms of nuntius (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nuntiukseni
nuntiukseni
accusative
nom.
nuntiukseni
nuntiukseni
gen.
nuntiukseni
genitive
nuntiukseni
nuntiusteni nuntiuksieni
partitive
nuntiustani
nuntiuksiani
inessive
nuntiuksessani
nuntiuksissani
elative
nuntiuksestani
nuntiuksistani
illative
nuntiukseeni
nuntiuksiini
adessive
nuntiuksellani
nuntiuksillani
ablative
nuntiukseltani
nuntiuksiltani
allative
nuntiukselleni
nuntiuksilleni
essive
nuntiuksenani
nuntiuksinani
translative
nuntiuksekseni
nuntiuksikseni
abessive
nuntiuksettani
nuntiuksittani
instructive
comitative
—nuntiuksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nuntiuksesi
nuntiuksesi
accusative
nom.
nuntiuksesi
nuntiuksesi
gen.
nuntiuksesi
genitive
nuntiuksesi
nuntiustesi nuntiuksiesi
partitive
nuntiustasi
nuntiuksiasi
inessive
nuntiuksessasi
nuntiuksissasi
elative
nuntiuksestasi
nuntiuksistasi
illative
nuntiukseesi
nuntiuksiisi
adessive
nuntiuksellasi
nuntiuksillasi
ablative
nuntiukseltasi
nuntiuksiltasi
allative
nuntiuksellesi
nuntiuksillesi
essive
nuntiuksenasi
nuntiuksinasi
translative
nuntiukseksesi
nuntiuksiksesi
abessive
nuntiuksettasi
nuntiuksittasi
instructive
comitative
—nuntiuksinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nuntiuksemme
nuntiuksemme
accusative
nom.
nuntiuksemme
nuntiuksemme
gen.
nuntiuksemme
genitive
nuntiuksemme
nuntiustemme nuntiuksiemme
partitive
nuntiustamme
nuntiuksiamme
inessive
nuntiuksessamme
nuntiuksissamme
elative
nuntiuksestamme
nuntiuksistamme
illative
nuntiukseemme
nuntiuksiimme
adessive
nuntiuksellamme
nuntiuksillamme
ablative
nuntiukseltamme
nuntiuksiltamme
allative
nuntiuksellemme
nuntiuksillemme
essive
nuntiuksenamme
nuntiuksinamme
translative
nuntiukseksemme
nuntiuksiksemme
abessive
nuntiuksettamme
nuntiuksittamme
instructive
comitative
—nuntiuksinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nuntiuksenne
nuntiuksenne
accusative
nom.
nuntiuksenne
nuntiuksenne
gen.
nuntiuksenne
genitive
nuntiuksenne
nuntiustenne nuntiuksienne
partitive
nuntiustanne
nuntiuksianne
inessive
nuntiuksessanne
nuntiuksissanne
elative
nuntiuksestanne
nuntiuksistanne
illative
nuntiukseenne
nuntiuksiinne
adessive
nuntiuksellanne
nuntiuksillanne
ablative
nuntiukseltanne
nuntiuksiltanne
allative
nuntiuksellenne
nuntiuksillenne
essive
nuntiuksenanne
nuntiuksinanne
translative
nuntiukseksenne
nuntiuksiksenne
abessive
nuntiuksettanne
nuntiuksittanne
instructive
comitative
—nuntiuksinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nuntiuksensa
nuntiuksensa
accusative
nom.
nuntiuksensa
nuntiuksensa
gen.
nuntiuksensa
genitive
nuntiuksensa
nuntiustensa nuntiuksiensa
partitive
nuntiustaan nuntiustansa
nuntiuksiaan nuntiuksiansa
inessive
nuntiuksessaan nuntiuksessansa
nuntiuksissaan nuntiuksissansa
elative
nuntiuksestaan nuntiuksestansa
nuntiuksistaan nuntiuksistansa
illative
nuntiukseensa
nuntiuksiinsa
adessive
nuntiuksellaan nuntiuksellansa
nuntiuksillaan nuntiuksillansa
ablative
nuntiukseltaan nuntiukseltansa
nuntiuksiltaan nuntiuksiltansa
allative
nuntiukselleen nuntiuksellensa
nuntiuksilleen nuntiuksillensa
essive
nuntiuksenaan nuntiuksenansa
nuntiuksinaan nuntiuksinansa
translative
nuntiuksekseen nuntiukseksensa
nuntiuksikseen nuntiuksiksensa
abessive
nuntiuksettaan nuntiuksettansa
nuntiuksittaan nuntiuksittansa
instructive
comitative
—nuntiuksineen nuntiuksinensa :

## 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: /ˈnuːn.ti.us/, [ˈnuːn̪t̪iʊs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈnun.t͡si.us/, [ˈnunt̪͡s̪ius]

### 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.
$^1$Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

#### Related terms

* nūntiō

#### Descendants

* ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *nuntiolus (diminutive)
** Venetan: nonzolo (“sacristan”)
* Borrowings:
** → Catalan: nunci
** → English: nuncio
** → Galician: nuncio
** → Italian: nunzio
*** → French: nonce
** → Portuguese: núncio
** → Romanian: nunțiu
** → Russian: нунций (nuncij)
** → Serbo-Croatian: nùncīj, ну̀нцӣј
** Sicilian: nunziu, Nunziu
** → Spanish: nuncio

### 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’s 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, London: Macmillan and Co. to separate, be divorced (used of man or woman): nuntium remittere alicui (De Or. 1. 40)
* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “nŭntius”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 7: N–Pas, page 242
* 1 2 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 419
* ↑ Tucker, T.G., Etymological Dictionary of Latin, Ares Publishers

## 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