adnuat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adnuo, adnuere, adnui, adnutus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
designate by a nod; indicate, declare; nod assent; smile on; agree to, grant;
sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Creonta, his placet Actaeae si quid clementia gentis adnuat; extremum curarum ac turpe reuerti. hic non femineae subitum..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...subicit gavisus Ulixes: 'Sic deus omnipotens firmet, sic adnuat illa virgo paterna tibi! sed me spes lubrica tardat..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...tuis, modo diva triformis adiuvet et praesens ingentibus adnuat ausis.' Tres aberant noctes, ut cornua tota coirent efficerentque..."Liber I
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...quidem secunda nobis pollicentur: superest ut promissis deus adnuat tandemque me hac sollicitudine exsolvat; qua liberatus Laurentinum meum..."