Latin

Alternative forms

• annuō

Verb

adnuō ‎(present infinitive adnuere, perfect active adnuī, supine adnūtum); third conjugation

1. I nod assent, approve, consent, allow.

   Annuit Coeptis — “[he] approved the undertakings.”

2. I favour or designate with a nod.

   Iuppiter omnipotens, audacibus adnue coeptis. — “Jupiter Almighty, favour [my] audacious undertakings”

3. I promise, grant.

Inflection

Derived terms

• annūtō

Descendants

• Portuguese: anuir

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