The corpus record — Latin

nuncupatio

nuncupatio · f

a naming, calling; a name, appellation

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Where it lives

Ausonii Burdigalensis Vasatis Gratiarum Actio Ad Grati Angratianum Imperatorem Pro Consulatu 3 · 7.24/10k
De Corona 1 · 2.06/10k
Liber De Persona et Duabus Naturis Contra Eutychen Et Nestorium 1 · 1.71/10k
C. Caligula 1 · 1.31/10k
Nero 1 · 1.28/10k
De Consolatione ad Marciam 1 · 1.19/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 21 1 · 0.64/10k
Res Gestae 4 · 0.31/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 1 · 0.13/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1 · 0.13/10k
Annales 1 · 0.11/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

nuncŭpātĭo — Lewis & Short

nuncŭpātĭo, ōnis, f.id.,

I a naming, calling; a name, appellation (post-Aug.).

I In gen.: justitiam universae virtutis nuncupatione complectitur, App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 15, 39: regum, id. de Mundo, p. 68, 24: nuncupatio Augusta, the title of Augustus, Amm. 23, 6, 2.—

II In partic.

A A naming or appointing as heir: cum a parentibus inter liberos palam heres nuncuparetur, derisores vocabat, quod post nuncupationem vivere perseverarent, Suet. Calig. 38; cf. Gai. Inst. 2, §§ 104, 109; Ulp. Reg. t. 20, § 9; Dig. 28, 6, 18; 28, 16, 20.—

B A dedication of a book: mihi patrocinia ademi nuncupatione, Plin. H. N. praef. § 8.—

C A public pronouncing of vows: votorum nuncupationes, Tac. A. 16, 22; Suet. Ner. 46: sollennium verborum, at the consecration of a temple, Val. Max. 5, 10, n. 1.

In the wild

nuncupationem Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 29.1.7
nuncupatione Ausonius, Ausonii Burdigalensis Vasatis Gratiarum Actio Ad Grati Angratianum Imperatorem Pro Consulatu 3
nuncupatione Suetonius, Nero 46.2
nuncupationem Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.21.63.7
nuncupationem Boethius, Liber De Persona et Duabus Naturis Contra Eutychen Et Nestorium 3
nuncupationis Ausonius, Ausonii Burdigalensis Vasatis Gratiarum Actio Ad Grati Angratianum Imperatorem Pro Consulatu 12

6 of 18 attestations shown.

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