adnuo

== Latin == === Alternative forms === annuō === Etymology === From ad- + *nuō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈan.nu.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈad.nu.o] === Verb === adnuō (present infinitive adnuere, perfect active adnuī, supine adnūtum); third conjugation to favour or designate with a nod, 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 Aeneid, book IX, line 635 Iuppiter omnipotens, audacibus adnue coeptis. — “Jupiter Almighty, favour [my] audacious undertakings” Adnuit coeptis — “[he] approved/approves' the undertakings.” (Written on the Great Seal of the United States, which appears on the dollar bill.) to promise, grant ==== Usage notes ==== Takes a dative object. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== annūtō ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: annuire → Portuguese: anuir → Sicilian: annuiri === 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