(verb) : ab-nŭo, ŭi, ŭĭtum (hence abnŭĭturus, Sall. Fragm. 1, 37 Kritz), or ūtum, 3, and n. (abnueo, Enn. ap. Diom. p. 378 P. or Ann. v. 283 Vahl.:
* Abnuebunt,id. ib. or Trag. v. 371 id.), lit., to refuse by a nod (cf. Nigid. ap. Gell. 10, 4 fin.); hence, to deny, refuse, to decline doing a thing, to reject.
* Lit.
* In gen. (syn. recuso; opp. concedo), constr. absol., with the acc., the inf., quin, or de.
* Transf., of abstract subjects, not to admit of, to be unfavorable (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): quod spes abnuit,Tib. 4, 1, 25: quando impetus et subita belli locus abnueret,Tac. H. 5, 13: hoc videretur, nisi abnueret duritia,Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 145.
* Esp., abnuens, like the Gr. ἀπειπών, declining service, giving up (very rare): milites fessos itineris magnitudine et jam abnuentes omnia,Sall. J. 68, 3; cf.: fessos abnuentesque taedio et labore,declining the combat,Liv. 27, 49, 3.
* With inf.: certare abnueo, Enn. l. l.: nec abnuebant melioribus parere,Liv. 22, 13 fin.; so id. 22, 37, 4.—With acc. and inf.: aeternam sibi naturam abnuit esse,Lucr. 3, 641; cf.: abnueret a se commissum esse facinus,Cic. Leg. 1, 14, 40; and: haud equidem abnuo egregium ducem fuisse Alexandrum,Liv. 9, 17, 5; so id. 5, 33, 4; 30, 20, 6; Quint. 5, 8, 3; 6, 2, 11 (opp. concedo); Verg. A. 10, 8 al.; cf. also: manu abnuit quidquam opis in se esse,Liv. 36, 34, 6.—Impers.: nec abnuitur ita fuisse,Liv. 3, 72, 6. —*
* With quin: non abnuere se quin cuncta mala patefierent,Tac. A. 13, 14.— * (ε) With de: neque illi senatus de ullo negotio abnuere audebat,Sall. J. 84, 3.

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