innuo

Latin

Etymology

From in- (“to, towards”) +‎ *nuō (“to nod”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɪn.nu.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈin.nu.o]

Verb

innuō (present infinitive innuere, perfect active innuī, supine innūtum); third conjugation

1. to give a nod, sign; to hint with a gesture

   Synonyms: indicō, iniciō

2. to intimate, signify

Conjugation

   Conjugation of innuō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	innuō		innuis		innuit		innuimus		innuitis		innuunt
	imperfect	innuēbam		innuēbās		innuēbat		innuēbāmus		innuēbātis		innuēbant
	future	innuam		innuēs		innuet		innuēmus		innuētis		innuent
	perfect	innuī		innuistī		innuit		innuimus		innuistis		innuērunt, innuēre
	pluperfect	innueram		innuerās		innuerat		innuerāmus		innuerātis		innuerant
	future perfect	innuerō		innueris		innuerit		innuerimus		innueritis		innuerint
passive	present	innuor		innueris, innuere		innuitur		innuimur		innuiminī		innuuntur
	imperfect	innuēbar		innuēbāris, innuēbāre		innuēbātur		innuēbāmur		innuēbāminī		innuēbantur
	future	innuar		innuēris, innuēre		innuētur		innuēmur		innuēminī		innuentur
	perfect	innūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	innūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	innūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	innuam		innuās		innuat		innuāmus		innuātis		innuant
	imperfect	innuerem		innuerēs		innueret		innuerēmus		innuerētis		innuerent
	perfect	innuerim		innuerīs		innuerit		innuerīmus		innuerītis		innuerint
	pluperfect	innuissem		innuissēs		innuisset		innuissēmus		innuissētis		innuissent
passive	present	innuar		innuāris, innuāre		innuātur		innuāmur		innuāminī		innuantur
	imperfect	innuerer		innuerēris, innuerēre		innuerētur		innuerēmur		innuerēminī		innuerentur
	perfect	innūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	innūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		innue		—		—		innuite		—
	future	—		innuitō		innuitō		—		innuitōte		innuuntō
passive	present	—		innuere		—		—		innuiminī		—
	future	—		innuitor		innuitor		—		—		innuuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		innuere			innuī			innuēns			—
future		innūtūrum esse			innūtum īrī			innūtūrus			innuendus
perfect		innuisse			innūtum esse			—			innūtus
future perfect		—			innūtum fore			—			—
perfect potential		innūtūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		innuendī		innuendō		innuendum		innuendō		innūtum		innūtū

Descendants

• → Italian: innuire
• → Spanish: innuir
• →⇒ Dalmatian: innuando
• →⇒ English: innuendo

References

• “innuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “innuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “innuo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.