nuto

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

nūtō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.

nuo, to nod : nutans, Distorquens oculos, H.: percutiens nutanti pectora mento, O.— To sway to and fro, totter, stagger : ornus nutat, V.: nutant circumspectantibus galeae, et incerti trepidant, L.: nutantem pondere mundum, V.: rami pondere, O.: plaustra, Iu.—Fig., to waver, falter, doubt, hesitate : in naturā deorum: animus nutat, O.

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