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..."- P
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..."