nuto

Borrowed from Latin nūtus (“nod”, noun).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnu.to/
• Rhymes: -uto
• Hyphenation: nù‧to

nuto m (plural nuti) (literary, rare)

1. nod

   Synonym: cenno

2. (figurative) will, command

   Synonyms: volere, volontà

• unto, untò

Frequentative verb of *nuō.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnuː.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnuː.t̪o]

nūtō (present infinitive nūtāre, perfect active nūtāvī, supine nūtātum); first conjugation

1. to nod (the head)
2. to signal or gesture to give a command
3. (figuratively) to sway, stagger, totter
4. (figuratively) to waver, hesitate, doubt

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

• → Italian: nutare
• → Portuguese: nutar

• “nuto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nuto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nuto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

nuto

1. (obsolete) past plural of nyta

• IPA^(key): /ˈnu.tɔ/
• Rhymes: -utɔ
• Syllabification: nu‧to

nuto f

1. vocative singular of nuta

• Hyphenation: nu‧to

From Latin nūtus (“nod”).

• Rhymes: -utu

nuto m (plural nutos)

1. nod;
2. (figuratively) the will, what is desired or chosen

nuto

1. first-person singular present indicative of nutar