abnuo
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. ind. 1st
Examples
- L
Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...concitum pectus doma, placare natis. Medea Abdico eiuro abnuo++ meis Creusa liberis fratres dabit? Iason Regina natis exulum..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...commendationem atque excusationem propria huius officii putaverunt, nec abnuo esse ista in hac parte, sed non concedo..." - T
Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...primum, ut ordiar ab ducibus comparandis, haud equidem abnuo egregium ducem fuisse Alexandrum; sed clariorem tamen eum facit..."