renuo

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ *nuō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈre.nu.oː/, [ˈrɛnuoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.nu.o/, [ˈrɛːnuo]

Verb

renuō (present infinitive renuere, perfect active renuī); third conjugation, no supine stem

1. to nod the head backwards (as a sign of refusal)
2. to deny, oppose, disapprove, reject, decline, refuse

   Synonyms: abnuō, negō, dēnegō, recūsō

   Antonyms: aiō, adnuō

   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.1.24:

     quia vocāvī, et renuistis; extendī manum meam, et nōn fuit quī aspiceret

     Because I called, and you refused: I stretched out my hand, and there was none that regarded. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of renuō (third conjugation, no supine stem)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	renuō		renuis		renuit		renuimus		renuitis		renuunt
	imperfect	renuēbam		renuēbās		renuēbat		renuēbāmus		renuēbātis		renuēbant
	future	renuam		renuēs		renuet		renuēmus		renuētis		renuent
	perfect	renuī		renuistī		renuit		renuimus		renuistis		renuērunt, renuēre
	pluperfect	renueram		renuerās		renuerat		renuerāmus		renuerātis		renuerant
	future perfect	renuerō		renueris		renuerit		renuerimus		renueritis		renuerint
passive	present	renuor		renueris, renuere		renuitur		renuimur		renuiminī		renuuntur
	imperfect	renuēbar		renuēbāris, renuēbāre		renuēbātur		renuēbāmur		renuēbāminī		renuēbantur
	future	renuar		renuēris, renuēre		renuētur		renuēmur		renuēminī		renuentur
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	renuam		renuās		renuat		renuāmus		renuātis		renuant
	imperfect	renuerem		renuerēs		renueret		renuerēmus		renuerētis		renuerent
	perfect	renuerim		renuerīs		renuerit		renuerīmus		renuerītis		renuerint
	pluperfect	renuissem		renuissēs		renuisset		renuissēmus		renuissētis		renuissent
passive	present	renuar		renuāris, renuāre		renuātur		renuāmur		renuāminī		renuantur
	imperfect	renuerer		renuerēris, renuerēre		renuerētur		renuerēmur		renuerēminī		renuerentur
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		renue		—		—		renuite		—
	future	—		renuitō		renuitō		—		renuitōte		renuuntō
passive	present	—		renuere		—		—		renuiminī		—
	future	—		renuitor		renuitor		—		—		renuuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		renuere			renuī			renuēns			—
future		—			—			—			renuendus
perfect		renuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		renuendī		renuendō		renuendum		renuendō		—		—

Derived terms

• renūtō

Descendants

• Portuguese: renuir
• Spanish: renuir

References

• “renuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “renuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• renuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.