dē-nĕgo — Lewis & Short
dē-nĕgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
I To deny a thing, to say it is not so (very rare):
datum denegant, quod datum est,Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 12:
objecta,Tac. A. 15, 57.—Far more freq. and class. (cf., on the contrary, abnego).—
II To reject, refuse, deny a request, entreaty, etc. (for syn. cf.: nego, infitias eo, infitior, diffiteor, recuso, abnuo, renuo, detrecto).
(a) With acc.:
si tibi denegem, quod me oras,Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 47:
cum id quod antea petenti denegasset, ultro polliceretur,Caes. B. G. 1, 42; cf. id. B. C. 1, 32, 6:
auxilia,Hirt. B. G. 8, 45:
praemium dignitatis, quod populus Romanus, cum hujus majoribus semper detulisset, huic denegaret,Cic. Fl. 1; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14; cf. id. Phil. 11, 8, 19:
sperata gaudia Nymphae Denegat,Ov. M. 4, 369 et saep.;
with ellipsis of object: duo rogavi te: ne deneges mihi,Vulg. Prov. 30, 7.—Poet. of subjects not personal:
undas amnis, afflatus ventus,Ov. Ib. 107 sq.:
oratorium ingenium alicui,Tac. Or. 10.—
(b) With inf. or acc. and inf. (poet.):
denegavit, se dare granum tritici,Plaut. Stitch. 4, 1, 52; Ter. And. 1, 5, 6; Prop. 2, 24, 28 (3, 19, 12 M.):
dare denegaris,Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 78; Hor. Od. 3, 16, 38.—
(g) Absol., Ter. And. 1, 1, 131; 4, 1, 6; 9; Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 2; id. Att. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 1 al.—
(d) With se, to deny one's self, i. e. subject his own will to another's (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Marc. 8, 34.