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nĕgātīvus

nĕgātīvus · adj

that denies, negative

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What it meant

nĕgātīvus — Lewis & Short

nĕgātīvus, a, um, adj.id.,

I that denies, negative (post-class. for negans, privans, etc.): negativa actio, Gai. Inst. 4, 3: particula, App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 32, 36: verba, Dig. 50, 16, 237; opp. confirmativus, Schol. Juv. 6, 457; 14, 127.—Hence, adv.: nĕgātīvē, negatively (opp. affirmative), Cassiod. Dial. p. 548

(a) ; Boëth. ap. Cic. Top. 5, p. 359, 9 Bait.

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