English

Noun

pronuntiatio ‎(uncountable)

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

See also

• dispositio
• elocutio
• inventio
• memoria

Latin

Alternative forms

• prōnunciātiō

Etymology

From prōnuntiō ‎(“proclaim, announce”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /proː.nun.tiˈaː.ti.oː/, [proː.nʊn.tɪˈaː.ti.oː]

Noun

prōnuntiātiō f ‎(genitive prōnuntiātiōnis); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

Descendants

• English: pronunciation
• French: prononciation
• Italian: pronuncia
• Spanish: pronunciación

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pronuntiatio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • artistic delivery; declamation: pronuntiatio c. Gen.