fulva nuntia Jovis

nuntĭus, a, um, adj. [perh. contr. from noventius, from obsol. novēre, to make new; v. novus].

That announces, signifies, makes known; announcing, informing ( poet.):

nuntia fibra deos?

Tib. 2, 1, 26:

fratre reversuro, nuntia venit avis,

Mart. 8, 32, 8:

nuntia littera,

Ov. H. 6, 9:

simulacra In mentes hominum divinae nuntia formae,

Lucr. 6, 77; cf. id. 4, 704:

habes animi nuntia verba mei,

Ov. H. 16, 10:

exta venturae nuntia sortis,

Tib. 3, 4, 5.—

Usually as subst.

nuntĭum, i, n., an announcement, message, news (rare):

ad aures nova nuntia referens,

this new message, Cat. 63, 75; cf.:

nuntius est qui nuntiat, nuntium, quod nuntiatur,

Serv. Verg. A. 11, 896:

de caelo nuntium erit,

Varr. L. L. 6, 86:

tyrannum perturbant nuntia,

Sedul. 2, 474.—

nuntĭus, i, m., a bearer of news, one who brings intelligence, a reporter, messenger, courier (freq. and class.);

both of persons and things: Mercurius Jovis qui nuntius perhibetur,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 1:

ad me rus advenit nuntius,

id. Merc. 4, 1, 1:

o hominem fortunatum, qui ejusmodi nuntios, seu potius Pegasos habet,

Cic. Quint. 25, 80: litteris, nuntiis, cohortationibus omnes excitare. id. Phil. 14, 7, 20: facere aliquem certiorem per nuntium, id. Att. 11, 24, 4:

aliquid audire sine capite, sine auctore, rumore nuntio,

id. Fam. 12, 10, 1:

litteras et nuntios mittere ad aliquem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

nuntius ibis Pelidae,

Verg. A. 2, 547:

nuntius adfert rem,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 25:

nuntius ales, i. e. Mercurius,

Ov. H. 16, 68:

Mercurius, nuntius Jovis et deorum,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 5:

nuntii afferunt Darium premi a Scythis,

Nep. Milt. 3, 3.— Poet., of a woman:

huic dea... utinam non hic tibi nuntius essem,

Val. Fl. 2, 141.—

A messenger, the bearer of a written message, = tabellarius (very rare):

nuntio ipsius, qui litteras attulerat dici (placuit),

Liv. 42, 37, 6.—

Abstract.

In gen., a message, news, tidings:

nuntium exoptabilem nuntiare,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 67:

opta ergo ob istunc nuntium quidvis tibi,

id. Merc. 5, 2, 65:

inest lepos in nuntio tuo magnus,

id. Rud. 2, 3, 22:

acerbum nuntium alicui perferre,

Cic. Balb. 28, 64:

de Q. Fratre nuntii nobis tristes venerunt,

id. Att. 3, 17, 1:

exoptatum nuntium alicui afferre,

id. Rosc. Am. 7, 19:

nuntium optatissimum accipere,

id. Fam. 2, 19, 1:

nuntium perferre,

id. Lig. 3, 7:

nuntium ferre ad aliquem,

Liv. 4, 41:

horribilis nuntius affertur,

Cat. 84, 10; Verg. A. 8, 582.—

In partic.

A command, order, injunction:

quos senatus ad denuntiandum bellum miserat, nisi legatorum nuntio paruisset,

Cic. Fam. 12, 24, 2; Nep. Chabr. 3, 1.—

Nuntium uxori remittere or mittere, to send one's wife a letter of divorce, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 183; 56, 238; id. Att. 1, 13, 3; Dig. 24, 2, 4; 24, 3, 22.—Also of a woman who separates from her husband, Cic. Top. 4, 19; App. M. 9, p. 230 med. —Of the annulling of a betrothment:

si invito patrono nuntium sponsa liberta remiserit,

Dig. 23, 2, 45.—Of the rejection of the marriage contract by the parents and guardians:

ego adeo jam illi remittam nuntium adfini meo,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 74:

si puellae tutores ad infringenda sponsalia nuntium miserint,

Dig. 23, 1, 6.—

Hence, transf.:

virtuti nuntium remittere,

to renounce, Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 3.—

nuntĭa, ae, f., a female messenger, she that brings tidings: nuntia fulva Jovis, i. e. the eagle, Poët. ap. Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2; cf. Liv. 1, 34:

historia nuntia vetustatis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 9, 36:

vox nuntia cladis,

Liv. 5, 50:

fama nuntia veri,

Verg. A. 4, 188; Ov. P. 4, 4, 15:

plaga nuntia rerum,

Lucr. 4, 704; cf. Val. Fl. 2, 141; B. 1. a. fin. supra.

nuntĭus, a, um, adj. [perh. contr. from noventius, from obsol. novēre, to make new; v. novus].

That announces, signifies, makes known; announcing, informing ( poet.):

nuntia fibra deos?

Tib. 2, 1, 26:

fratre reversuro, nuntia venit avis,

Mart. 8, 32, 8:

nuntia littera,

Ov. H. 6, 9:

simulacra In mentes hominum divinae nuntia formae,

Lucr. 6, 77; cf. id. 4, 704:

habes animi nuntia verba mei,

Ov. H. 16, 10:

exta venturae nuntia sortis,

Tib. 3, 4, 5.—

Usually as subst.

nuntĭum, i, n., an announcement, message, news (rare):

ad aures nova nuntia referens,

this new message, Cat. 63, 75; cf.:

nuntius est qui nuntiat, nuntium, quod nuntiatur,

Serv. Verg. A. 11, 896:

de caelo nuntium erit,

Varr. L. L. 6, 86:

tyrannum perturbant nuntia,

Sedul. 2, 474.—

nuntĭus, i, m., a bearer of news, one who brings intelligence, a reporter, messenger, courier (freq. and class.);

both of persons and things: Mercurius Jovis qui nuntius perhibetur,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 1:

ad me rus advenit nuntius,

id. Merc. 4, 1, 1:

o hominem fortunatum, qui ejusmodi nuntios, seu potius Pegasos habet,

Cic. Quint. 25, 80: litteris, nuntiis, cohortationibus omnes excitare. id. Phil. 14, 7, 20: facere aliquem certiorem per nuntium, id. Att. 11, 24, 4:

aliquid audire sine capite, sine auctore, rumore nuntio,

id. Fam. 12, 10, 1:

litteras et nuntios mittere ad aliquem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

nuntius ibis Pelidae,

Verg. A. 2, 547:

nuntius adfert rem,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 25:

nuntius ales, i. e. Mercurius,

Ov. H. 16, 68:

Mercurius, nuntius Jovis et deorum,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 5:

nuntii afferunt Darium premi a Scythis,

Nep. Milt. 3, 3.— Poet., of a woman:

huic dea... utinam non hic tibi nuntius essem,

Val. Fl. 2, 141.—

A messenger, the bearer of a written message, = tabellarius (very rare):

nuntio ipsius, qui litteras attulerat dici (placuit),

Liv. 42, 37, 6.—

Abstract.

In gen., a message, news, tidings:

nuntium exoptabilem nuntiare,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 67:

opta ergo ob istunc nuntium quidvis tibi,

id. Merc. 5, 2, 65:

inest lepos in nuntio tuo magnus,

id. Rud. 2, 3, 22:

acerbum nuntium alicui perferre,

Cic. Balb. 28, 64:

de Q. Fratre nuntii nobis tristes venerunt,

id. Att. 3, 17, 1:

exoptatum nuntium alicui afferre,

id. Rosc. Am. 7, 19:

nuntium optatissimum accipere,

id. Fam. 2, 19, 1:

nuntium perferre,

id. Lig. 3, 7:

nuntium ferre ad aliquem,

Liv. 4, 41:

horribilis nuntius affertur,

Cat. 84, 10; Verg. A. 8, 582.—

In partic.

A command, order, injunction:

quos senatus ad denuntiandum bellum miserat, nisi legatorum nuntio paruisset,

Cic. Fam. 12, 24, 2; Nep. Chabr. 3, 1.—

Nuntium uxori remittere or mittere, to send one's wife a letter of divorce, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 183; 56, 238; id. Att. 1, 13, 3; Dig. 24, 2, 4; 24, 3, 22.—Also of a woman who separates from her husband, Cic. Top. 4, 19; App. M. 9, p. 230 med. —Of the annulling of a betrothment:

si invito patrono nuntium sponsa liberta remiserit,

Dig. 23, 2, 45.—Of the rejection of the marriage contract by the parents and guardians:

ego adeo jam illi remittam nuntium adfini meo,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 74:

si puellae tutores ad infringenda sponsalia nuntium miserint,

Dig. 23, 1, 6.—

Hence, transf.:

virtuti nuntium remittere,

to renounce, Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 3.—

nuntĭa, ae, f., a female messenger, she that brings tidings: nuntia fulva Jovis, i. e. the eagle, Poët. ap. Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2; cf. Liv. 1, 34:

historia nuntia vetustatis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 9, 36:

vox nuntia cladis,

Liv. 5, 50:

fama nuntia veri,

Verg. A. 4, 188; Ov. P. 4, 4, 15:

plaga nuntia rerum,

Lucr. 4, 704; cf. Val. Fl. 2, 141; B. 1. a. fin. supra.