ob-nuntio (-nuncio), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
- I. To tell, report, announce any thing bad or unfortunate: primus rescisco omnia: Primus porro obnuntio, Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 7.
- II. In augury, t. t., to announce an opposing, adverse, or evil omen (used both of the augurs and of the magistrates and tribunes of the people; cf. Smith’s Antiq.): proprie obnuntiare dicuntur augures, qui aliquid mali ominis scaevumque viderint, Don. Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 8: augur auguri, consul consuli obnuntiāsti, Cic. Phil. 2, 33, 83: fretus sanctitate tribunatūs obnuntiavit consuli, etc., id. Sest. 37, 79.
Impers. pass.: ut sibi postero die in foro obnuntiaretur, Cic. Att. 4, 3, 4.