nutus

== Latin == === Etymology === From *nuō + -tus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnuː.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnuː.tus] === Noun === nūtus m (genitive nūtūs); fourth declension a nod, nodding a downward tendency or motion; the pull of gravity a command, will, pleasure (the nod as an expression of will and authority: compare nūmen) ad nūtum praestō esse ― to be at one's complete disposal ==== Declension ==== Fourth-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: nuto → Portuguese: nuto === References === “nutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “nutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “nutus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.