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..."- P
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..." - G
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..."