I.to give a nod, to nod to; to give a sign, to intimate, hint.
(α).
With dat.: “ubi ego innuero vobis,” Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 26: “abiens innuit mihi,” Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 9: “stabat innuebat digito similis vocanti,” Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 9.—
(β).
Absol.: “ne mora sit, si innuerim, quin pugnus in mala haereat,” Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 17: “ubi innuerint,” Liv. 8, 4, 2: “coram licet innuat atque Rescribat,” Juv. 6, 140: “aqua innuetur his signis esse tenus,” Vitr. 8, 5 ext.—
II. To mean, intimate, signify, = significo, Don. ad Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 46.