previous next

nūtus —, abl. ū (only nom sing. and acc. and abl sing. and plur.), m

2 NV-, a nodding, nod : id significare nutu: nutu finire disceptationem, L.: nutu tremefecit Olympum, V.: nutu signa remittis, O.— A hint, intimation : an mihi nutus tuus non faceret fidem?— A tendency, inclination, gravity : terrena suopte nutu in terram ferri: terra in sese nutibus suis conglobata.—Fig., assent, compliance : adnuite nutum numenque vestrum invictum Campanis, L.— Command, will, pleasure : res ad nutum eius facta, Cs.: omnia deorum nutu administrari: contra nutum Naevi: ad nutūs aptus erilīs, H.: nutu Iunonis eunt res, V.: sub nutu atque arbitrio alcuius esse, L.

Lewis, Charlton, T. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. American Book Company. 1890.

A gift in the name of Carol F. Ross provided support for entering this text.

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

An XML version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system.

hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: