nod (v.) Copy link Outline 1. nūto, 1 (frequent. of obsol. nuo)2. annuo, i, ūtum, 3 (to n. to any one, esp. to n. assent) • nod (v.): 1. nūto, 1 (frequent. of obsol. nuo): to n. repeatedly to any one (as in auctions), alicui crebro capitis motu n., Suet. Cal. 39: Hor. Fig.: the helmets n., n. galeae, Liv. 4, 37, fin. 2. annuo, i, ūtum, 3 (to n. to any one, esp. to n. assent): he n.s assent, annuit [et totum nutu tremefecit Olympum], Virg. Aen. 9, 106: cf. Cic. Quint. 5, 18, simul ac annuisset, i. e. at his first nod or signal. (Pl. As. 4, 1, 39, joins, nutare, nictare, annuere, the difference being that the latter indicates a definite object of the action.) See also to beckon.