The corpus record — Latin

obnuntio

obnuntio · v. a

To tell, report, announce

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Where it lives

Divus Julius 2 · 2.05/10k
Pro P. Sestio 3 · 1.79/10k
Adelphi 1 · 1.01/10k
De Divinatione 1 · 0.36/10k
Letters to Atticus 3 · 0.24/10k
Philippicae 1 · 0.19/10k

What it meant

ob-nuntio — Lewis & Short

ob-nuntio (-nuncio), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

I To tell, report, announce any thing bad or unfortunate: primus rescisco omnia: Primus porro obnuntio, Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 7.—

II In augury, t. t., to announce an opposing, adverse, or evil omen (used both of the augurs and of the magistrates and tribunes of the people; cf. Smith's Antiq.): proprie obnuntiare dicuntur augures, qui aliquid mali ominis scaevumque viderint, Don. Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 8: augur auguri, consul consuli obnuntiāsti, Cic. Phil. 2, 33, 83: fretus sanctitate tribunatūs obnuntiavit consuli, etc., id. Sest. 37, 79.—Impers. pass.: ut sibi postero die in foro obnuntiaretur, Cic. Att. 4, 3, 4.

In the wild

obnuntiaret Cicero, Pro P. Sestio 83
obnuntiasset Cicero, Pro P. Sestio 78
obnuntio Terence, Adelphi 4.2
obnuntiaret Suetonius, Divus Julius 20.1
obnuntiantem Suetonius, Divus Julius 20.1
obnuntiasti Cicero, Philippicae 2.83

6 of 11 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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