adnuo
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈad.nu.oː/, [ˈänːuoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈad.nu.o/, [ˈäd̪nuo]
Verb[edit]
adnuō (present infinitive adnuere, perfect active adnuī, supine adnūtum); third conjugation
- to nod assent, approve, consent, allow
- to favour or designate with a nod
- Iuppiter omnipotens, audacibus adnue coeptis. — “Jupiter Almighty, favour [my] audacious undertakings”
- to promise, grant
Usage notes[edit]
Takes a dative object.
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References[edit]
- “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