nutus

Latin

Etymology

From *nuō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnuː.tus/, [ˈnuː.tʊs]

Noun

nūtus m (genitive nūtūs); fourth declension

  1. nod, nodding
  2. downward tendency or motion; the pull of gravity
  3. command, will, pleasure

Declension

Fourth declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative nūtus nūtūs
Genitive nūtūs nūtuum
Dative nūtuī nūtibus
Accusative nūtum nūtūs
Ablative nūtū nūtibus
Vocative nūtus nūtūs

Descendants

References
  • nutus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nutus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nutus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • gravity: nutus et pondus or simply nutus (ῥοπή)
    • to take one's directions from another; to obey him in everything: se convertere, converti ad alicuius nutum
    • to be at the beck and call of another; to be his creature: totum se fingere et accommodare ad alicuius arbitrium et nutum
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