nuto
μελετᾶν οὖν χρὴ τὰ ποιοῦντα τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν, εἴπερ παρούσης μὲν αὐτῆς πάντα ἔχομεν, ἀπούσης δὲ πάντα πράττομεν εἰς τὸ ταύτην ἔχειν → one must practice the things which produce happiness, since if that is present we have everything and if it is absent we do everything in order to have it | so we must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
nūto: āvi, ātum, 1,
I v. freq. n. [nuo (of re-nuo, ab-nuo); Gr. νεύω; cf. numen, nutus, to nod with the head.
I 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.—
B Esp., to command by a nod or sign: nutat ne loquar, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 48.—
II In gen., to sway to and fro, to totter, shake, stagger.
A 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.—
B Trop.
1 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.—
2 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.—
3 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
nūtō,¹⁰ āvī, ātum, āre, intr. (fréq. de l’inus. nuo)
1 faire signe par un mouvement de tête : Pl. Mil. 207 ; 4, 1, 39 ; Suet. Cal. 38 || commander par un signe de tête] : Pl. Men. 612
2 a) chanceler, vaciller, osciller : Liv. 4, 37 ; Virg. En. 2, 629 ; Ov. M. 11, 620 ; b) [fig.] flotter, douter, hésiter : Cic. Nat. 1, 120 ; Fin. 2, 6 ; Ov. M. 10, 375 || chanceler [dans sa fidélité] : Tac. H. 2, 98 ; Ann. 4, 49 || chanceler, plier ; [d. la bataille] Tac. H. 3, 18 || res publica nutans Suet. Vesp. 8, l’État chancelant.
