adnuo

Latin

Alternative forms

• annuō

Etymology

From ad- +‎ *nuō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈad.nu.oː/, [ˈänːuoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈad.nu.o/, [ˈäd̪nuo]

Verb

adnuō (present infinitive adnuere, perfect active adnuī, supine adnūtum); third conjugation

1. to nod assent, approval, or consent; especially, as a sign of divine approval or favor

   Synonyms: approbō, probō, cōnscīscō, scīscō, assentiō

   Antonyms: negō, recūsō, renuō, abnuō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.127-128:

     [...] Nōn adversāta petentī / adnuit, atque dolīs rīsit Cytherēa repertīs.

     [Venus] of Cythera, [who was] not against [such a] request, nodded her divine assent, and laughed at having found out [Juno’s] deceit.

   Adnuit coeptis — “[he] approved/approves' the undertakings.”

2. to favour or designate with a nod

   Iuppiter omnipotens, audacibus adnue coeptis. — “Jupiter Almighty, favour [my] audacious undertakings”

3. to promise, grant

Usage notes

Takes a dative object.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of adnuō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	adnuō	adnuis	adnuit	adnuimus	adnuitis	adnuunt
	imperfect	adnuēbam	adnuēbās	adnuēbat	adnuēbāmus	adnuēbātis	adnuēbant
	future	adnuam	adnuēs	adnuet	adnuēmus	adnuētis	adnuent
	perfect	adnuī	adnuistī	adnuit	adnuimus	adnuistis	adnuērunt, adnuēre
	pluperfect	adnueram	adnuerās	adnuerat	adnuerāmus	adnuerātis	adnuerant
	future perfect	adnuerō	adnueris	adnuerit	adnuerimus	adnueritis	adnuerint
passive	present	adnuor	adnueris, adnuere	adnuitur	adnuimur	adnuiminī	adnuuntur
	imperfect	adnuēbar	adnuēbāris, adnuēbāre	adnuēbātur	adnuēbāmur	adnuēbāminī	adnuēbantur
	future	adnuar	adnuēris, adnuēre	adnuētur	adnuēmur	adnuēminī	adnuentur
	perfect	adnūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	adnūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	adnūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	adnuam	adnuās	adnuat	adnuāmus	adnuātis	adnuant
imperfect	adnuerem	adnuerēs	adnueret	adnuerēmus	adnuerētis	adnuerent
perfect	adnuerim	adnuerīs	adnuerit	adnuerīmus	adnuerītis	adnuerint
pluperfect	adnuissem	adnuissēs	adnuisset	adnuissēmus	adnuissētis	adnuissent
passive	present	adnuar	adnuāris, adnuāre	adnuātur	adnuāmur	adnuāminī	adnuantur
imperfect	adnuerer	adnuerēris, adnuerēre	adnuerētur	adnuerēmur	adnuerēminī	adnuerentur
perfect	adnūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	adnūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	adnue	—	—	adnuite	—
	future	—	adnuitō	adnuitō	—	adnuitōte	adnuuntō
passive	present	—	adnuere	—	—	adnuiminī	—
	future	—	adnuitor	adnuitor	—	—	adnuuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		adnuere	adnuisse	adnūtūrum esse	adnuī	adnūtum esse	adnūtum īrī
participles		adnuēns	—	adnūtūrus	—	adnūtus	adnuendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		adnuendī	adnuendō	adnuendum	adnuendō	adnūtum	adnūtū

Derived terms

• annūtō

Descendants

• Italian: annuire
• Portuguese: anuir
• Sicilian: annuiri
• Spanish: anuir

References

• “adnuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “adnuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers