renuo

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ *nuō.

Pronunciation

Verb

renuō (present infinitive renuere, perfect active renuī); third conjugation, no supine stem

  1. to nod the head backwards (as a sign of refusal)
  2. to deny, oppose, disapprove, reject, decline, refuse
    Synonyms: abnuō, negō, dēnegō, recūsō
    Antonyms: aiō, adnuō
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.1.24:
      quia vocāvī, et renuistis; extendī manum meam, et nōn fuit quī aspiceret
      Because I called, and you refused: I stretched out my hand, and there was none that regarded. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of renuō (third conjugation, no supine stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present renuō renuis renuit renuimus renuitis renuunt
imperfect renuēbam renuēbās renuēbat renuēbāmus renuēbātis renuēbant
future renuam renuēs renuet renuēmus renuētis renuent
perfect renuī renuistī renuit renuimus renuistis renuērunt,
renuēre
pluperfect renueram renuerās renuerat renuerāmus renuerātis renuerant
future perfect renuerō renueris renuerit renuerimus renueritis renuerint
passive present renuor renueris,
renuere 		renuitur renuimur renuiminī renuuntur
imperfect renuēbar renuēbāris,
renuēbāre 		renuēbātur renuēbāmur renuēbāminī renuēbantur
future renuar renuēris,
renuēre 		renuētur renuēmur renuēminī renuentur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present renuam renuās renuat renuāmus renuātis renuant
imperfect renuerem renuerēs renueret renuerēmus renuerētis renuerent
perfect renuerim renuerīs renuerit renuerīmus renuerītis renuerint
pluperfect renuissem renuissēs renuisset renuissēmus renuissētis renuissent
passive present renuar renuāris,
renuāre 		renuātur renuāmur renuāminī renuantur
imperfect renuerer renuerēris,
renuerēre 		renuerētur renuerēmur renuerēminī renuerentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — renue — — renuite —
future — renuitō renuitō — renuitōte renuuntō
passive present — renuere — — renuiminī —
future — renuitor renuitor — — renuuntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present renuere renuī renuēns —
future — — — renuendus
perfect renuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
renuendī renuendō renuendum renuendō — —

Derived terms

  • renūtō

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: renuir

References

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