Renuo, rénuis, rénui, renûtum, pe. pro. renúere. Mart. To refuse: to dispise: co shew that a thing doth displease him.Nullum conuiuium renuere. Ci. Fato renuente, Sil.Oculo renuente negaui.Ouid.I wincked signifping that I would not.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
rĕ-nŭo, ŭi, ĕre, v. n. and 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,