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reneo

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Latin

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Etymology

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From re- (back) +‎ neō (spin; weave).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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reneō (present infinitive renēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

  1. (transitive, rare, poetic) to unspin, to undo, to unravel
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti, Book 6, Lines 757-758.
      At Clymenus Clothoque dolent, haec fila reneri, hic fieri regni iura minora sui.

Conjugation

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References

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