Reconstruction:Latin/nuo

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin edit

Etymology edit

Unattested verb only found in compounds (see derived terms below), from Proto-Italic *nuō, from Proto-Indo-European *new- (“to nod”). Cognate with Ancient Greek νεύω (neúō, “to nod”), Sanskrit नवते (návate, “to move”).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.oː/, [ˈnuoː]

Verb edit

*nuō (present infinitive *nuere, perfect active *nuī, supine *nūtum); third conjugation

I nod

Inflection edit

Conjugation of *nuō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	*nuō	*nuis	*nuit	*nuimus	*nuitis	*nuunt
	imperfect	*nuēbam	*nuēbās	*nuēbat	*nuēbāmus	*nuēbātis	*nuēbant
	future	*nuam	*nuēs	*nuet	*nuēmus	*nuētis	*nuent
	perfect	*nuī	*nuistī	*nuit	*nuimus	*nuistis	nuērunt, nuēre
	pluperfect	*nueram	*nuerās	*nuerat	*nuerāmus	*nuerātis	*nuerant
	future perfect	*nuerō	*nueris	*nuerit	*nuerimus	*nueritis	*nuerint
passive	present	*nuor	nueris, nuere	*nuitur	*nuimur	*nuiminī	*nuuntur
	imperfect	*nuēbar	nuēbāris, nuēbāre	*nuēbātur	*nuēbāmur	*nuēbāminī	*nuēbantur
	future	*nuar	nuēris, nuēre	*nuētur	*nuēmur	*nuēminī	*nuentur
	perfect	nūtus + present active indicative of sum*
	pluperfect	nūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum*
	future perfect	nūtus + future active indicative of sum*
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	*nuam	*nuās	*nuat	*nuāmus	*nuātis	*nuant
	imperfect	*nuerem	*nuerēs	*nueret	*nuerēmus	*nuerētis	*nuerent
	perfect	*nuerim	*nuerīs	*nuerit	*nuerīmus	*nuerītis	*nuerint
	pluperfect	*nuissem	*nuissēs	*nuisset	*nuissēmus	*nuissētis	*nuissent
passive	present	*nuar	nuāris, nuāre	*nuātur	*nuāmur	*nuāminī	*nuantur
	imperfect	*nuerer	nuerēris, nuerēre	*nuerētur	*nuerēmur	*nuerēminī	*nuerentur
	perfect	nūtus + present active subjunctive of sum*
	pluperfect	nūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum*
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	*nue	—	—	*nuite	—
active	future	—	*nuitō	*nuitō	—	*nuitōte	*nuuntō
passive	present	—	*nuere	—	—	*nuiminī	—
passive	future	—	*nuitor	*nuitor	—	—	*nuuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		*nuere	*nuisse	*nūtūrum esse	*nuī	*nūtum esse	*nūtum īrī
participles		*nuēns	—	*nūtūrus	—	*nūtus	*nuendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		*nuendī	*nuendō	*nuendum	*nuendō	*nūtum	*nūtū

Derived terms edit

References edit

“annuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “-nuō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 419-20

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “-nuō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 419-20

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