verb intransitive

annŭo

2nd PP an-nŭere · 3rd PP an-nŭi · 4th PP anūtum · conj. 3rd

(better ), (ūvi, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 882 P.), -nuo, whence nutum; Gr. νεύω; cf. abnuo

to nod to; to nod

to nod to, to nod.

to ask by a wink; nod in general ••

In gen.: ne illa ulli homini nutet, nictet, adnuat, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 39: adnuerunt sociis, Vulg. Luc. 5, 7: simul ac adnuisset, at the first nod, Cic. Quint. 5: adnuentibus ac vocantibus suis evadit, Liv. 1, 12: adnuit, et totum nutu tremefecit Olympum, Verg. A. 9, 106; to ask by a wink or nod (opp. renuo), Tac. A. 15, 58.—

especially

To give assent; approval by nodding; to nod assent to ••

To give assent or approval by nodding, to nod assent to, to approve, favor, allow, grant. promise to do (constr. with dat. of person, or with acc. of thing and dat. of person; opp. abnuo, to dissent, refuse): daturine estis an non? adnuunt, Plaut. Truc. prol. 4: adnuo Terram intuens modeste, * Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 32: id quoque toto capite adnuit, Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 285; id. Phil. 13, 3: non adversata petenti Adnuit, Verg. A. 4, 128: audacibus adnue coeptis, be favorable to, smile on our undertakings, id. G. 1, 40; id. A. 9, 625; Plin. Ep. 1, 22 fin.: amicitiis adnuere, Vulg. 2 Macc. 14, 20: Adnuit precibus Lysiae, ib. ib. 11, 15: Omnia omnibus adnuit, Cat. 61, 159.—With acc. of thing: quod cum rex adnuisset, Vulg. 2 Macc. 4, 10.—With acc. and inf.: adnuvit sese mecum decernere ferro, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 882 P.: ego autem venturum adnuo, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 9; Liv. 28, 17; Verg. A. 11, 20.—

to promise; grant something to one; give your assent poetic •

Adnuere alicui aliquid; poet., to promise or grant something to one: caeli quibus adnuis arcem, Verg. A. 1, 250: sin nostrum adnuerit nobis Victoria Martem, shall grant us a successful engagement, id. ib. 12, 187: ni divūm pater adnuisset rebus Aeneae potiore ductos alite muros, Hor. C. 4, 6, 22: adnuite nutum numenque vestrum invictum Campanis, give your assent, etc., Liv. 7, 30.—

To designate a person; thing

To designate a person or thing,

By a nod •

By a nod: quos iste adnuerat, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 61.—

By a wink •

By a wink: quae adnuit oculo, Vulg. Prov. 10, 10; so absol.: adnuunt oculis, they make signs with their eyes, ib. Psa. 34, 19; ib. Prov. 6, 13; ib. Eccli. 27, 25.—

By the hand; to indicate; declare •

By the hand: adnuens eis manu, ut tacerent, Vulg. Act. 12, 17: adnuit manu ad plebem, ib. ib. 21, 40. —Hence, in gen., to indicate, declare: falsa adnuere, Tac. A. 14, 60.

Perseus ID: n2697 Key: annuo