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|lshtext=<b>nūto</b>: āvi, ātum, 1,<br /><b>I</b> v. freq. n. [nuo (of re-nuo, ab-nuo); Gr. [[νεύω]]; cf. [[numen]], [[nutus]], to [[nod]] [[with]] the [[head]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[neque]] [[illa]] ulli homini nutet, nictet, annuat, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 39; id. Merc. 2, 3, 72: capite nutat, id. Mil. 2, 2, 52: [[crebro]] capitis motu nutans. Suet. Calig. 38: nutans. Distorquens oculos, Hor. S. 1, 9, 64.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp., to [[command]] by a [[nod]] or [[sign]]: nutat ne loquar, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 48.—<br /><b>II</b> In gen., to [[sway]] to and [[fro]], to [[totter]], [[shake]], [[stagger]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: nutant circumspectantibus galeae, et incerti trepidant, Liv. 4, 37: [[ornus]], Verg. A. 2, 629; 9, 682: percutiens nutanti pectora [[mento]], Ov. M. 11, 620: nutans [[machinamentum]], Tac. H. 4, 30: nutantem vulnere civem, Juv. 15, 156: rami pondere, Ov. A. A. 2, 263: cristae, Sil. 1, 501: turres, Luc. 6, 136: [[plaustra]], Juv. 3, 256.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[waver]] in one's [[opinion]] or [[judgment]]; to [[doubt]], [[hesitate]]: [[etiam]] [[Democritus]] nutare videtur in naturā Deorum, Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 120: sic [[animus]] [[vario]] [[labefactus]] vulnere nutat, Ov. M. 10, 375; cf. Stat. Th. 8, 614; 4, 197.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[falter]] in one's [[fidelity]], to be [[faithless]]: ac [[primo]] Festūs nutabat, [[palam]] Vitellium, occultis nuntiis Vespasianum fovens, Tac. H. 2, 98; Suet. Caes. 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To be [[ready]] to [[fall]] or [[give]] [[way]]; to [[totter]], to [[waver]], [[fail]], be [[weak]], [[falter]]: [[fortuna]] nutabit, Liv. 21, 44: tanto discrimine [[urbs]] nutabat, ut, etc., Tac. H. 4, 52: nutantem aciem [[victor]] [[equitatus]] incursat, id. ib. 3, 18; 4, 49: rempublicam, Suet. Vesp. 8; cf.: [[moenia]] nutantia Romae, Sil. 10, 590: nutantem hostem praevenire, Tac. H. 3, 40; cf. Flor. 3, 10, 4: mundi nutante ruinā, Luc. 4, 493.
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