abnuat
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;
sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...lacrimae meditataque murmura praestant ut ueniam culpae non abnuat ansere magno scilicet et tenui popano corruptus Osiris..."
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...alter subicit: 'anne aliquis soceros accedere tales abnuat? exulibus quamquam patriaque fugatis nondum laeta Venus, tamen omnis corde..."Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...contra est ingressa Venus: 'quis talia demens abnuat aut tecum malit contendere bello? si modo quod memoras factum..."Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...singulis insistas et intellegas quid quisque concedat, quid abnuat, ex rebus concessis concludi quod velis et ad exitum..."Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...roges fecundam Amathunta metallis, an genuisse velit Propoetidas, abnuat aeque atque illos, gemino quondam quibus aspera cornu frons..."Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...patres vocati non coeant in senatum, sic plebs abnuat dilectum. Haec fremunt plebes. Patrum haud fere quisquam..."