renuo

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ *nuō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈre.nu.oː/, [ˈrɛnuoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.nu.o/, [ˈrɛːnuo]

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		renuere	renuisse	—	renuī	—	—
participles		renuēns	—	—	—	—	renuendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		renuendī	renuendō	renuendum	renuendō	—	—

Derived terms

• renūtō

Descendants

• Portuguese: renuir
• Spanish: 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.