nuncius

Borrowed from Latin nūncius, medieval form of nūntius (“messenger”).

nuncius (plural nuncii)

1. (chiefly theater) A nuntius.

• uncinus

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnun.t͡ʃi.us/, [ˈnun̠ʲt͡ʃius]

nūncius m (genitive nūnciī or nūncī, feminine nūncia); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) Alternative spelling of nūntius [13th C. or earlier]

Second-declension noun.

• nuncius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)