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Latin
Etymology
From ad- + *nuō.
Pronunciation
Verb
adnuō (present infinitive adnuere, perfect active adnuī, supine adnūtum); third conjugation
- to nod assent, approval, or consent; especially, as a sign of divine approval or favor
- Synonyms: approbō, probō, cōnscīscō, scīscō, assentiō
- Antonyms: negō, recūsō, renuō, abnuō
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.127-128:
- Nōn adversāta petentī / adnuit, atque dolīs rīsit Cytherēa repertīs.
- of Cythera, not against request, nodded her divine assent, and laughed at having found out deceit.
- Adnuit coeptis — “ approved/approves' the undertakings.”
- to favour or designate with a nod
- Iuppiter omnipotens, audacibus adnue coeptis. — “Jupiter Almighty, favour audacious undertakings”
- to promise, grant
Usage notes
Takes a dative object.
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References
- “adnuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “adnuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers