pronounce Copy link Outline I. To utter formally and authoritativelyII. To utter, deliverIII. To articulate syllables1. ēnuntio, 12. lŏquor, lŏcūtus, 3 (sufficiently precise for ordinary lang.)3. exprĭmo, pressi, ssum, 3 (with distinctness) • pronounce: I. To utter formally and authoritatively: prōnuntio, 1: to p. sentence (as a judge)., sententiam p., Cic. Fin. 2, 12, 37: also with ellipsis of sententiam; judex ita pronuntiavit, id. Off. 3, 16, 66: in same sense, sententiam dicere, Cic. Off. l. c. paulo supr.: Phaedr. 1, 10, 8. (Judicium facere = to form an opinion or judgment: jus dicere refers not to the passing of one particular sentence, but to the administration of justice.) II. To utter, deliver: prōnuntio, 1: Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261: Quint. 1, 11. See also to deliver (III.). III. To articulate syllables: 1. ēnuntio, 1: to spell words in a different manner from that in which they are p.d, verba scribere aliter quam enuntiantur, Quint. 1, 7, 28. (In this sense, also pronuntio, Gell. 7, 7, init.: but enuntio is better.) 2. lŏquor, lŏcūtus, 3 (sufficiently precise for ordinary lang.): they p.d as they spelt, sicut scribebant, etiam loquebantur, Quint. 1, 7, 13: Gell.: cf. Cic. Off. 1, 37, 133. 3. exprĭmo, pressi, ssum, 3 (with distinctness): to p. each letter with affected nicety, litteras putidius exprimere, id. de Or. 3, 11, 41 (opp. to litteras negligentius obscurare, to slur them over, in pronunciation): cf. id. Off. 1, 37, 133, litterae erant neque expressae neque oppressae (pronounced neither affectedly nor slovenly): Quint. 1, 2, 6. Phr.: to p. a syllable with the acute accent, syllabam acuere, Gell. 7, 7, extr.: to p. letters too broadly, litteras dilatare, Cic. Br. 74, 259. (N.B.--The passive may often be expr. by sŏno, 1: I think each word should be spelt as it is p.d, ego sic scribendum quidque judico, quemadmodum sonat, Quint. 1, 7, 30.) Cf. foll. art.
PRONOUNCE Copy link • PRONOUNCETo articulate by the organs of speech, appellare (Cic., Brut., 35, 133): enunciare, efferre (to denote by sound: ☞ pronunciare is rather = to deliver; first in Gell., to pronounce): dicere (to utter). To pronounce words too broadly, voces distrahere; letters, litteras valde dilatare; (affectedly), putidius exprimere litteras: to pronounce distinctly, plane loqui; alicui est os planum or explanatum: to pronounce words PROP. and with the right tone of voice, exprimere verba et suis quasque litteras sonis enunciare: to pronounce indistinctly, verba, litteras (negligentius) obscurare: to pronounce incorrectly, aliquid perperam enunciare: to pronounce a syllable short, syllabam corripere or breviare; long, syllabam producere: not to be able to ppronounce the letter R, litteram R dicere non posse. To speak, utter, pronunciare (to deliver with distinct and audible voice): eloqui, verbis exprimere (to express well in words): enunciare, also with verbis (to speak out): proloqui (to say out, say aloud): effari (to speak out, religious-archaic, and poetic word; but ☞ Cic., De Or., 3, 38, 153): explicare, explanare verbis (to explain in words): edicere (to give to understand, to make known; Vid: Cic., Ecl., p. 225). To declare solemnly: to pronounce sentence, sententiam dicere (of a judge): sententiam pronunciare (to publish the judgement after and according to the decision of a judge): judicium facere (☞ not judicium ferre, though sententiam or suffragium ferre are correct): to pronounce an opinion, dicere quid sibi videatur; sententiam suam dicere; aperire sententiam suam: to pronounce guiltless, absolvere (PROP. and IMPROP.); of anything, aliqua re or de aliqua re (e.g., regni suspicione, de praevaricatione): exsolvere aliqua re (e.g., suspicione): liberare aliqua re (set free; general term).