nutibus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →nutus, nutus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
nod; command, will; [ad nutum => instantly; with the agreement of];
abl. pl.dat. pl.
Examples
Liber III
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...stertit: non accubamus et silentium rhonchis praestare iussi nutibus propinamus. Hoc Malchionis patimur inprobi fastus, nec uindicari, Rufe..."Amores II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...crimina vestra mero. multa supercilio vidi vibrante loquentes; nutibus in vestris pars bona vocis erat. non oculi tacuere..."
