abnuant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →abnuo, abnuere, abnui, abnuitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
refuse, decline; deny (guilt); refuse by a sign, shake head; reject; rule out;
pl. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
- T
Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...sociis bella iuuari soleant misisse; quae ne accipere abnuant magno opere se patres conscriptos orare. Iam omnium primum..." - P
Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...corporis eius laudaverit, sunt qui tradiderint, sunt qui abnuant. cremata est nocte eadem convivali lecto et exequiis vilibus..."