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|lshtext=<b>prae-nuntĭo</b>: (praenunc-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[announce]] or [[publish]] [[beforehand]], to [[foretell]], [[foreshow]], [[predict]]; constr. [[with]] acc., de, or an [[object]]-[[clause]] ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: futura, Cic. Div. 1, 6, 12. —Impers.: de eorum adventu esse [[pronuntiatum]], Nep. Eum. 9, 4 ([[but]] in Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 12, the [[correct]] [[reading]] is abi [[prae]]: [[nuntia]], etc., Fleck.).—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., of things: juglans, frangi se, praenuntiat strepitu, Plin. 16, 42, 81, § 223: vasa diras tempestates praenuntiant, id. 18, 35, 90, § 365: [[usus]] [[turris]] ad praenuntianda vada, id. 36, 12, 18, § 83.
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