nod (subs.) Copy link • nod (subs.): nūtus, ūs: to speak with the fingers or by a n., digitis nutuque loqui, Ov. Tr. 2, 453: Virg. Esp. as signal of command: to do everything at a (mere) n., i. e. with promptest obedience, ad n. omnes res administrare, Caes. B. G. 4, 23: Cic. (Nutatio = act of nodding: Plin. 11, 37, 49.)