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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (2 entries · 5 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• beckon:
    1. I. To nod: q. v.: annuo.
    2. II. To signal to any one by nod or other gesture.
      1. 1. innŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3 (with dat.): let there be no tarrying if I but b., ne mora sit si innuerim, Pl.: to b. to any one by shaking a whip, commota virga alicui in. (al. ann.), Juv.
      2. 2. annŭo, 3 (rare in this sense: prop. to assent by giving a nod): b.ing to him to know whether he should draw his sword, annuens an destringeret gladium, Tac.: v. to nod to.
      3. 3. signĭfĭco, 1: with some defining word: as, nutu s., Ov.; manibus s., Caes.: v. to signify. Phr.: to b. the enemy to come on, nutu hostes vocare, Caes.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• BECKON
v. innuere; annuere (to answer “yes” by beckoning): abnuere, renuere (to answer “no” by beckoning): signa dare nutu (to give signs by beckoning, Ov., Fast., I, 418): to beckon with the finger, innuere digito: with the head, capite nutare: with the eyes, nictare, signa dare nutu oculisque (Ov.): to beckon silence, manu poscere silentium; nutu jubere silentium fieri (Cic., De Div, 1, 28, 59): to beckon a person to one, nutu aliquem ad se vocare.