renuo

renuo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-
Latin *nuō
Latin renuō

    From re- + *nuō.

    Pronunciation

    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
      • c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, 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

    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.
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