I.to give an official intimation, to make an official announcement or declaration of one's intentions (by means of a messenger, herald, etc.); to announce, intimate, declare, = nuntiando declarare; and with a foll. ut or merely the subjunctive, to intimate, order, command (for syn. cf.: edico, indico, narro, nuntio, refero, defero, renuntio, enuntio, dico).
I. Prop.
A. Polit. lang.
(α).
With acc.: “ut omne bellum, quod denuntiatum indictumque non esset, id injustum esse atque impium judicaretur,” Cic. Rep. 2, 17; “so with indictum,” id. ib. 2, 23 fin. (Fragm. ap. Isid. Orig. 18, 1, 3); id. Off. 1, 11, 36; cf.: “quos senatus ad denuntiandum bellum miserat,” id. Fam. 12, 24: “utrum paucorum ea denuntiata an universae civitatis essent,” Liv. 24, 37 fin.—
(β).
With acc. and inf.: “quod sibi Caesar denuntiaret, se Aeduorum injurias non neglecturum, etc.,” Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 6: “cum se scire quae fierent denuntiaret,” id. ib. 5, 54; Liv. 45, 1 fin. et saep. —And with inf. alone: “denuntiat centurionibus exsequi caedem,” Tac. A. 11, 37.—
(γ).
With ut or ne: Gaditanos denuntiavisse Gallonio, ut sua sponte excederet Gadibus; “si id non fecisset, sibi consilium capturos,” Caes. B. C. 2, 20, 3; cf. Liv. 7, 31: “nationibus denuntiare, uti auxilia mittant,” Caes. B. G. 6, 10; cf.: “per vicos urbesque, ut commeatus expedirent,” Liv. 44, 26: “simul denuntiavit ut essent animi parati,” Caes. B. C. 3, 86 fin.: cf.: “dictator magistro equitum denuntiavit, ut sese loco teneret, neu, etc.,” Liv. 8, 30; and so with ne, id. 9, 36 fin.; Vulg. Act. 4, 18.—
(δ).
With simp. subj.: “(legati) denuntient Gallicis populis, multitudinem suam domi contineant,” Liv. 39, 54 fin.; cf. Suet. Calig. 55: “(Alcibiades) denuntiavit his (militibus), qui in stationibus erant, observarent lumen, etc.,” Front. Strat. 3, 12, 1 al.—
B. In relig. lang.
(α).
With acc.: “quibus portentis magna populo Romano bella denuntiabantur,” Cic. Div. 1, 43, 97: “caedem Caesari evidentibus prodigiis,” Suet. Caes. 81 init.; cf. id. Aug. 94; 96; Verg. A. 3, 366 al.—
(β).
With ut: “si quid tale acciderit, ut a deo denuntiatum videatur, ut exeamus e vita,” Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 118.—
C. In jurid. lang.
(α).
Alicui testimonium, to summon a witness: “si accusator voluerit testimonium eis denuntiare,” Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110 (cf.: “denuntiatio testimonii,” id. Fl. 6, 14); so, “testibus: quoniam duo genera sunt testium, aut voluntariorum aut eorum, quibus in judiciis publicis lege denuntiatur,” Quint. 5, 7, 9; cf. ib. § 15; Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 2.—Absol.: “non denuntiavi,” Cic. Fl. 15, 35.—
(β).
To give notice of a suit or process, Dig. 5, 3, 20, § 6 fin.: “de isto fundo, Cic. Caecin., 32, 95: in foro denuntiat fundum illum suum esse,” id. ib. 7, 19.—
(γ).
Litem denuntiare, to summon for immediate trial (late Lat.), Symm. Ep. 10, 52; Aur. Vict. Caes. 16, 11.—
II. Transf. beyond the technical sphere, to announce, intimate, declare; to denounce, menace, threaten; with ut, or merely the subjunct., to intimate, order, command. —
A. Of personal subjects.
(α).
With acc.: “ille inimicitias mihi denuntiavit,” Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 19; cf.: “populo Romano servitutem,” id. ib. 5, 8, 21: “proscriptionem, caedem, direptionem,” id. Sest. 20, 46; cf. id. ib. 17 fin.; id. Mur. 24 fin. et saep.: “oculis et aspectu vim tribuniciam,” id. Agr. 2, 5, 13; id. Att. 13, 12, 3.—
(β).
With acc. and inf.: “Sex. Alfenus denuntiat, sese procuratorem esse,” Cic. Quint. 6, 27; cf. id. Phil. 6, 3 (with testificor and ante praedico): “cum se ad omnia, de quibus quisque audire vellet esse paratum denuntiaret,” id. de Or. 1, 22, 103; id. Rep. 3, 11 fin. et saep.—
(γ).
With a relative clause: “denuntiasti homo adulescens, quid de summa reipublicae sentires,” Cic. Planc. 22.—
(δ).
With ut: mihi Lupus noster subito denuntiavit, ut ad to scriberem, Cic. Fam. 11, 25.—（ε) With simple subjunctive, = moneo, praedico, ante denuntio, abstineant, etc., Cic. Verr. 1, 12 fin.—（ζ) With de: “de isto fundo,” Cic. Caecin. 32 fin.—（η) Absol.: “monente et denuntiante te,” Cic. Fam. 4, 3; id. Quint. 17. —
B. Of subjects not personal, to give notice, make known, signify, indicate: “terra continens adventus hostium multis indiciis ante denuntiat,” Cic. Rep. 2, 3: “illa arma non periculum nobis sed praesidium denuntiant,” id. Mil. 1, 3: “si ante exortum nubes globabuntur, hiemem asperam denuntiabunt, etc.,” Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 344: “caeruleus (color) pluviam denuntiat, igneus euros,” Verg. G. 1, 453: “hoc juncti boves, hoc paratus equus, hoc data arma denuntiant,” Tac. G. 18 fin.: “arbor statim pestem denuntians,” Plin. 13, 22, 38, § 118.
