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.)
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.
NOD Copy link • NOD 1. s. nutus, -ūs: nutatio capitis (the act of nodding the head; e.g., of beasts). A nod of yours can, etc., nutus tuus potest (e.g., hominem in civitate retinere, Cic.): “a look or nod” (Locke) of Scipio’s would have terminated the dispute, Scipio finire nutu disceptationem potuisset (Liv.). 2. v. nutare: nutare capite. to nod to anybody, nutu capitis significare aliquid alicui (to direct him to do something by a nod): *nutu aliquem ad se vocare (to call him to one by a nod): to make a sign by nodding the head, signa dare nutu. to nod assent, annuere alicui.