abnuto
Latin > English
abnuto abnutare, abnutavi, abnutatus V INTRANS :: deny/refuse/forbid (w/shake of head) repeatedly; forbid
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ab-nūto: āvi, ātum, 1,
I v. freq. [id.], to deny (by a nod) often, to refuse: quid te adiri (Vahl. adirier; Rib. adiri tam) abnutas, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 41, 164 (where Cic. censures the word as less forcible than vetas, prohibes, absterres, and the like): quid mi abnutas? Tibi ego abnuto? Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 79.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
abnūtō,¹⁵ āre, tr., refuser par signes répétés : Pl. Capt. 611 ; cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 164.
Latin > German (Georges)
ab-nūto, āre (Intens. v. abnuo, s. Paul. ex Fest. 27, 18), wiederholt abwinken, durch ein Zeichen ablehnen, quid mi abnutas? was winkst du mir zu schweigen? Plaut. capt. 611: quid te adirier abnutas? Enn. tr. 407 (306): abnutemus verum, Arnob. 2, 78.