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
Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...sociis bella iuuari soleant misisse; quae ne accipere abnuant magno opere se patres conscriptos orare. Iam omnium primum..."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..."