news Copy link Outline 1. nuntius (esp. intelligence brought by messengers2. expr. by nŏvus; esp. in part. gen. • news: 1. nuntius (esp. intelligence brought by messengers: for news reported in letters, v. infr.): good n., boni nuntii, Cic. Att. 3, 11. nuntius optatissimus (most welcome n.), id. Fam. 2, 19, init.; n. exoptatus, id. R. Am. 7, 19: bad n., n. tristes, id. Att. 3, 17; n. acerbus (distressing), id. Bal. 28, 64: to bring n. to any one, alicui n. afferre, id. R. Am. l. c.; perferre (implying a distant point to be reached), id. Bal. l. c.; n. ferre ad aliquem, Liv. 4, 41, extr.: the n. has reached us, nobis nuntii venerant, Cic. Att. 3, 17: also, n. accipere, id. 2. expr. by nŏvus; esp. in part. gen.: any n.? num quidnam novi? Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13. Phr.: to receive the n. of any event, alicujus rei certiorem fieri, Caes. (v. to inform): a letter full of n., epistola plena actorum, Cic. Att. 2, 11: to write detailed n. about public affairs, de republica subtiliter [scribere], ib. 2, 21, init.: all the n. up to May 25, acta quae essent usque ad VIII. Kal. Jun., ib. 3, 10, init.: to write all possible n., quam plurimis de rebus scribere, ib. extr.; omnia quam diligentissime scribere, ib. 3, 22, extr.: no letter without some particular n., nulla epistola sine argumento, ib. 1, 19, init.: I have no n. whatever to tell you, plane deest quod scribam, ib. 5, 5, init.