Reconstruction:Latin/nuo

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

Unattested verb only found in compounds (see derived terms below), from Proto-Italic *nuō, from Proto-Indo-European *new- (“to nod”). Cognate with Ancient Greek νεύω (neúō, “to nod”), Sanskrit नवते (návate, “to move”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.oː/, [ˈnuoː]

Verb

*nuō (present infinitive *nuere, perfect active *nuī, supine *nūtum); third conjugation

1. to nod

Inflection

Conjugation of *nuō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	*nuō	*nuis	*nuit	*nuimus	*nuitis	*nuunt
	imperfect	*nuēbam	*nuēbās	*nuēbat	*nuēbāmus	*nuēbātis	*nuēbant
	future	*nuam	*nuēs	*nuet	*nuēmus	*nuētis	*nuent
	perfect	*nuī	*nuistī	*nuit	*nuimus	*nuistis	*nuērunt, *nuēre
	pluperfect	*nueram	*nuerās	*nuerat	*nuerāmus	*nuerātis	*nuerant
	future perfect	*nuerō	*nueris	*nuerit	*nuerimus	*nueritis	*nuerint
passive	present	*nuor	*nueris, *nuere	*nuitur	*nuimur	*nuiminī	*nuuntur
	imperfect	*nuēbar	*nuēbāris, *nuēbāre	*nuēbātur	*nuēbāmur	*nuēbāminī	*nuēbantur
	future	*nuar	*nuēris, *nuēre	*nuētur	*nuēmur	*nuēminī	*nuentur
	perfect	*nūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	*nūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	*nūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	*nuam	*nuās	*nuat	*nuāmus	*nuātis	*nuant
	imperfect	*nuerem	*nuerēs	*nueret	*nuerēmus	*nuerētis	*nuerent
	perfect	*nuerim	*nuerīs	*nuerit	*nuerīmus	*nuerītis	*nuerint
	pluperfect	*nuissem	*nuissēs	*nuisset	*nuissēmus	*nuissētis	*nuissent
passive	present	*nuar	*nuāris, *nuāre	*nuātur	*nuāmur	*nuāminī	*nuantur
	imperfect	*nuerer	*nuerēris, *nuerēre	*nuerētur	*nuerēmur	*nuerēminī	*nuerentur
	perfect	*nūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	*nūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	*nue	—	—	*nuite	—
	future	—	*nuitō	*nuitō	—	*nuitōte	*nuuntō
passive	present	—	*nuere	—	—	*nuiminī	—
	future	—	*nuitor	*nuitor	—	—	*nuuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		*nuere	*nuisse	*nūtūrum esse	*nuī	*nūtum esse	*nūtum īrī
participles		*nuēns	—	*nūtūrus	—	*nūtus	*nuendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		*nuendī	*nuendō	*nuendum	*nuendō	*nūtum	*nūtū

Derived terms

• abnuō/ abnueō
• adnuō/ annuō
• innuō
• nūmen
• nūtō
• nūtus
• renuō

References

• “annuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press