rĕ-nŭo — Lewis & Short
rĕ-nŭo, ŭi, ĕre, v. n. and
I a. [nuo, whence nutum; abnuo], to nod back the head, to deny by a motion of the head; to deny, oppose, disapprove, reject, decline, refuse, = recusare (rare before the Aug. per.; syn.: abnuo, abnego).
I Neutr.:
renuit negitatque Sabellus,Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 49:
renuit Tiberius,Tac. A. 1, 76:
renuenti et gestu in aliud tempus differenti (Caesari),Suet. Caes. 82:
renuente deo,against the will of the god, Ov. M. 8, 325; Tib. 1, 5, 20; Mart. 2, 14, 14; cf.:
fato renuente,Sil. 10, 49:
credere me tamen hoc oculo renuente negavi,with an incredulous eye, Ov. H. 17, 89.—With dat.:
dixerunt hic modo nobiscum ad haec subsellia: quibus superciliis renuentes huic decem millium crimini!they deny this charge, Cic. Rab. Post. 13, 36:
idem Subrio Flavio annuenti an destringeret gladium renuit infregitque impetus,checked, Tac. A. 15, 58 fin.:
vocavi et renuistis,Vulg. Prov. 1, 24.—
II Act.:
renuis tu quod jubet alter,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 63:
convivium,to decline, Cic. Cael. 11, 27: nec laudem Danai tanto renuere labori, refused, Sabin. 1, 27:
plaga renuit curari,Vulg. Jer. 15, 18.