to wink with the eyes

nicto, āvi, ātum, 1, and ĕre, 3, v. n., and nictor, ātus, v. dep. n. [1. nico], to move the eyelids.

Lit., to move the eyelids up and down, to wink, blink:

plerisque naturale ut nictari (al. nictare) non cessent,

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 144; 11, 37, 57, § 156.—Form nicto, ĕre: (canis) voce suā nictit ululatque ibi acute, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll. (Ann. v. 346 Vahl.).—

To make a sign with the eyes, to wink:

neque illa ulli homini nutet, nictet, annuat,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 39; id. Men. 4, 2, 49; id. Merc. 2, 3, 72.—

Transf., of fire:

nictantia fulgura flammae,

flashing, Lucr. 6, 182.—

Trop., to exert one's self, to strive: nictare et oculorum et aliorum membrorum nisu saepe aliquid conari, dictum est ab antiquis, ut Lucretius in libro quarto (6, 836): Hic ubi nictari nequeunt (Lachm. nixari): Caecilius in Hymnide: Garrulis medentes jactent, sine nictentur perticis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll.

nicto, āvi, ātum, 1, and ĕre, 3, v. n., and nictor, ātus, v. dep. n. [1. nico], to move the eyelids.

Lit., to move the eyelids up and down, to wink, blink:

plerisque naturale ut nictari (al. nictare) non cessent,

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 144; 11, 37, 57, § 156.—Form nicto, ĕre: (canis) voce suā nictit ululatque ibi acute, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll. (Ann. v. 346 Vahl.).—

To make a sign with the eyes, to wink:

neque illa ulli homini nutet, nictet, annuat,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 39; id. Men. 4, 2, 49; id. Merc. 2, 3, 72.—

Transf., of fire:

nictantia fulgura flammae,

flashing, Lucr. 6, 182.—

Trop., to exert one's self, to strive: nictare et oculorum et aliorum membrorum nisu saepe aliquid conari, dictum est ab antiquis, ut Lucretius in libro quarto (6, 836): Hic ubi nictari nequeunt (Lachm. nixari): Caecilius in Hymnide: Garrulis medentes jactent, sine nictentur perticis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll.

cō-nīvĕo (less correctly con-nī-vĕo; cf. Ritschl, Opusc. II. 448 sq.), nīvi (Cassius ap. Prisc. p. 866 P.; cf. Prob. II. p. 1482 ib.) or nixi (Turp. ap. Prisc. p. 866 P.;

perh. also connipsi, connipseram,

App. M. 11, p. 146 Hildebr. Min.), 2 (access. form of inf. conivĕre, Calvus ap. Prisc. l. l.), v. n. [niveo, kindr. with nico and nicto], to close or shut. *

In gen.:

cava ventris ac stomachi inanitate diutinā contrahuntur et conivent,

Gell. 16, 3, 3.—More freq.,

Esp., to close or shut the eyes (in sleep, from the light, from fear, etc.), to blink; or of the eyes, to close, shut, to half close when heavy with sleep (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.: dum ego conixi somno, hic sibi prospexit vigilans virginem, Turp. l. l.; so Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117; Tac. A. 16, 5:

coniventes illi oculi abavi tui,

Cic. Har. Resp. 18, 38:

conivent solemque pavent agnoscere visu,

Sil. 7, 729; cf. Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 10:

ad tonitrua et fulgura,

Suet. Calig. 51:

contra conminationem aliquam (gladiatores),

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 144.—With acc. Gr.:

nam non conivi oculos ego deinde sopore, Cassius, l. l.: (oculis) somno coniventibus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 143; Col. 10, 259.—

Poet., transf., of the sun and moon, to be darkened, obscured, eclipsed, Lucr. 5, 776.—

Trop.

In gen., to be dull, drowsy, or languid:

certa sunt enim pleraque et nisi coniveamus, in oculos incurrunt,

Quint. 10, 3, 16:

multa nobis blandimenta natura ipsa genuit, quibus sopita virtus coniveret,

Cic. Cael. 17, 41:

animus atque mens viri prudentis in sollicitis numquam conivens, nusquam aciem suam flectens, etc.,

Gell. 13, 27, 4; cf. id. 2, 2, 9.—

(Like our phrase to wink at.) To leave an error or crime unnoticed or uncensured, to overlook, connive at, wink at, etc.:

haec ipsa concedo: quibusdam etiam in rebus coniveo,

Cic. Phil. 1, 7, 18:

pro di immortales! cur interdum in hominum sceleribus maxumis aut conivetis aut... poenas in diem reservetis?

id. Cael. 24, 59:

qui ob eam causam in tot tantisque sceleribus conivebant,

id. Har. Resp. 24, 52; id. Agr. 2, 28, 77;

Fragm. ap. Prob. II. p. 1482 P.: seditiosorum punitor acerrimus, conivebat in ceteris,

Suet. Caes. 67; Pers. 6, 50.

cō-nīvĕo (less correctly con-nī-vĕo; cf. Ritschl, Opusc. II. 448 sq.), nīvi (Cassius ap. Prisc. p. 866 P.; cf. Prob. II. p. 1482 ib.) or nixi (Turp. ap. Prisc. p. 866 P.;

perh. also connipsi, connipseram,

App. M. 11, p. 146 Hildebr. Min.), 2 (access. form of inf. conivĕre, Calvus ap. Prisc. l. l.), v. n. [niveo, kindr. with nico and nicto], to close or shut. *

In gen.:

cava ventris ac stomachi inanitate diutinā contrahuntur et conivent,

Gell. 16, 3, 3.—More freq.,

Esp., to close or shut the eyes (in sleep, from the light, from fear, etc.), to blink; or of the eyes, to close, shut, to half close when heavy with sleep (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.: dum ego conixi somno, hic sibi prospexit vigilans virginem, Turp. l. l.; so Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117; Tac. A. 16, 5:

coniventes illi oculi abavi tui,

Cic. Har. Resp. 18, 38:

conivent solemque pavent agnoscere visu,

Sil. 7, 729; cf. Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 10:

ad tonitrua et fulgura,

Suet. Calig. 51:

contra conminationem aliquam (gladiatores),

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 144.—With acc. Gr.:

nam non conivi oculos ego deinde sopore, Cassius, l. l.: (oculis) somno coniventibus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 143; Col. 10, 259.—

Poet., transf., of the sun and moon, to be darkened, obscured, eclipsed, Lucr. 5, 776.—

Trop.

In gen., to be dull, drowsy, or languid:

certa sunt enim pleraque et nisi coniveamus, in oculos incurrunt,

Quint. 10, 3, 16:

multa nobis blandimenta natura ipsa genuit, quibus sopita virtus coniveret,

Cic. Cael. 17, 41:

animus atque mens viri prudentis in sollicitis numquam conivens, nusquam aciem suam flectens, etc.,

Gell. 13, 27, 4; cf. id. 2, 2, 9.—

(Like our phrase to wink at.) To leave an error or crime unnoticed or uncensured, to overlook, connive at, wink at, etc.:

haec ipsa concedo: quibusdam etiam in rebus coniveo,

Cic. Phil. 1, 7, 18:

pro di immortales! cur interdum in hominum sceleribus maxumis aut conivetis aut... poenas in diem reservetis?

id. Cael. 24, 59:

qui ob eam causam in tot tantisque sceleribus conivebant,

id. Har. Resp. 24, 52; id. Agr. 2, 28, 77;

Fragm. ap. Prob. II. p. 1482 P.: seditiosorum punitor acerrimus, conivebat in ceteris,

Suet. Caes. 67; Pers. 6, 50.

an-nŭo (better adn-), ŭi (ūvi, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 882 P.), ūtum, 3, v. n. [-nuo, whence nutum; Gr. neuô; cf. abnuo], to nod to, to nod.

In gen.:

ne illa ulli homini nutet, nictet, adnuat,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 39:

adnuerunt sociis,

Vulg. Luc. 5, 7:

simul ac adnuisset,

at the first nod, Cic. Quint. 5:

adnuentibus ac vocantibus suis evadit,

Liv. 1, 12:

adnuit, et totum nutu tremefecit Olympum,

Verg. A. 9, 106; to ask by a wink or nod (opp. renuo), Tac. A. 15, 58.—

Esp.

To give assent or approval by nodding, to nod assent to, to approve, favor, allow, grant. promise to do (constr. with dat. of person, or with acc. of thing and dat. of person; opp. abnuo, to dissent, refuse):

daturine estis an non? adnuunt,

Plaut. Truc. prol. 4: adnuo Terram intuens modeste, * Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 32:

id quoque toto capite adnuit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 285; id. Phil. 13, 3:

non adversata petenti Adnuit,

Verg. A. 4, 128:

audacibus adnue coeptis,

be favorable to, smile on our undertakings, id. G. 1, 40; id. A. 9, 625; Plin. Ep. 1, 22 fin.:

amicitiis adnuere,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 14, 20:

Adnuit precibus Lysiae,

ib. ib. 11, 15:

Omnia omnibus adnuit,

Cat. 61, 159.—With acc. of thing:

quod cum rex adnuisset,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 4, 10.—With acc. and inf.: adnuvit sese mecum decernere ferro, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 882 P.:

ego autem venturum adnuo,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 9; Liv. 28, 17; Verg. A. 11, 20.—

Adnuere alicui aliquid; poet., to promise or grant something to one:

caeli quibus adnuis arcem,

Verg. A. 1, 250:

sin nostrum adnuerit nobis Victoria Martem,

shall grant us a successful engagement, id. ib. 12, 187:

ni divūm pater adnuisset rebus Aeneae potiore ductos alite muros,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 22: adnuite nutum numenque vestrum invictum Campanis, give your assent, etc., Liv. 7, 30.—

To designate a person or thing,

By a nod:

quos iste adnuerat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 61.—

By a wink:

quae adnuit oculo,

Vulg. Prov. 10, 10; so absol.:

adnuunt oculis,

they make signs with their eyes, ib. Psa. 34, 19; ib. Prov. 6, 13; ib. Eccli. 27, 25.—

By the hand:

adnuens eis manu, ut tacerent,

Vulg. Act. 12, 17:

adnuit manu ad plebem,

ib. ib. 21, 40. —Hence, in gen., to indicate, declare:

falsa adnuere,

Tac. A. 14, 60.

an-nŭo (better adn-), ŭi (ūvi, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 882 P.), ūtum, 3, v. n. [-nuo, whence nutum; Gr. neuô; cf. abnuo], to nod to, to nod.

In gen.:

ne illa ulli homini nutet, nictet, adnuat,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 39:

adnuerunt sociis,

Vulg. Luc. 5, 7:

simul ac adnuisset,

at the first nod, Cic. Quint. 5:

adnuentibus ac vocantibus suis evadit,

Liv. 1, 12:

adnuit, et totum nutu tremefecit Olympum,

Verg. A. 9, 106; to ask by a wink or nod (opp. renuo), Tac. A. 15, 58.—

Esp.

To give assent or approval by nodding, to nod assent to, to approve, favor, allow, grant. promise to do (constr. with dat. of person, or with acc. of thing and dat. of person; opp. abnuo, to dissent, refuse):

daturine estis an non? adnuunt,

Plaut. Truc. prol. 4: adnuo Terram intuens modeste, * Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 32:

id quoque toto capite adnuit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 285; id. Phil. 13, 3:

non adversata petenti Adnuit,

Verg. A. 4, 128:

audacibus adnue coeptis,

be favorable to, smile on our undertakings, id. G. 1, 40; id. A. 9, 625; Plin. Ep. 1, 22 fin.:

amicitiis adnuere,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 14, 20:

Adnuit precibus Lysiae,

ib. ib. 11, 15:

Omnia omnibus adnuit,

Cat. 61, 159.—With acc. of thing:

quod cum rex adnuisset,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 4, 10.—With acc. and inf.: adnuvit sese mecum decernere ferro, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 882 P.:

ego autem venturum adnuo,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 9; Liv. 28, 17; Verg. A. 11, 20.—

Adnuere alicui aliquid; poet., to promise or grant something to one:

caeli quibus adnuis arcem,

Verg. A. 1, 250:

sin nostrum adnuerit nobis Victoria Martem,

shall grant us a successful engagement, id. ib. 12, 187:

ni divūm pater adnuisset rebus Aeneae potiore ductos alite muros,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 22: adnuite nutum numenque vestrum invictum Campanis, give your assent, etc., Liv. 7, 30.—

To designate a person or thing,

By a nod:

quos iste adnuerat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 61.—

By a wink:

quae adnuit oculo,

Vulg. Prov. 10, 10; so absol.:

adnuunt oculis,

they make signs with their eyes, ib. Psa. 34, 19; ib. Prov. 6, 13; ib. Eccli. 27, 25.—

By the hand:

adnuens eis manu, ut tacerent,

Vulg. Act. 12, 17:

adnuit manu ad plebem,

ib. ib. 21, 40. —Hence, in gen., to indicate, declare:

falsa adnuere,

Tac. A. 14, 60.