renui
Dictionary entries
- Entry →renuo, renuere, renui, renutus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
refuse; disapprove; decline; give a refusal; throw back head/eye/brows as sign;
sg. perf. act. ind. 1stpres. pass. infin.
Examples
Liber II
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Quantum erat, infelix, pannis fraudare duobus — quid renuis? — non te, Naeuole, sed tineas? 10 Subdola famosae moneo fuge..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...dasne? an gens humilis tibi degeneresque videmur? non renuis? iunge ergo manus et concipe foedus atque ignosce tuis..."- P
Amores II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...dulce repende concubitus hodie, fusca Cypassi, tuos! quid renuis fingisque novos, ingrata, timores? unum est e dominis emeruisse..."