Nuncupatio, onis, f. g. Verbale Plin. A pronouncing: a telling: a reciting: a naming: a declaration of a will by mouth.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
nuncŭpātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], a naming, calling; a name, appellation (post-Aug.). I. In gen.: justitiam universae virtutis nuncupatione complectitur, App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 15, 39: regum, id. de Mundo, p. 68, 24: nuncupatio Augusta,
the title of Augustus
, Amm. 23, 6, 2.—II. In partic. A.A naming or appointing as heir: cum a parentibus inter liberos palam heres nuncuparetur, derisores vocabat, quod post nuncupationem vivere perseverarent, Suet. Calig. 38; cf. Gai. Inst. 2, 104, 109; Ulp. Reg. t. 20, 9; Dig. 28, 6, 18; 28, 16, 20.— B.A dedication of a book: mihi patrocinia ademi nuncupatione, Plin. H. N. praef. 8.—C.A public pronouncing of vows: votorum nuncupationes, Tac. A. 16, 22; Suet. Ner. 46: sollennium verborum,