nĕgo — Lewis & Short
nĕgo, āvi, ātum, 1 (
I perf. subj. negāssim for negaverim, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 96.—Lengthened collat. form negumo: negumate in carmine Cn. Marci vatis significat negate, Paul. ex Fest. p. 165 Müll.; cf. Herm. Doct. Metr. p. 614), v. n. and a. [for ne-igo, ne and ajo, q. v.], to say no, to deny, refuse (opp. ajo, to say yes; v. ajo; cf.: abnuo, diffiteor, infitior).
I In gen.: vel ai, vel nega, say yes or no, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 473 P.:
vel tu mihi aias vel neges,Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 14:
negat quis? nego. Ait? aio,Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 21:
Diogenes ait, Antipater negat,Cic. Off. 3, 23, 91:
quasi ego id curem, quid ille aiat aut neget,id. Fin. 2, 22, 70:
quia nunc aiunt, quod tunc negabant,id. Rab. Post. 12, 35.— With acc. and inf., to say or affirm that not, to deny that, etc.:
Demosthenes negat, in eo positas esse fortunas Graeciae, hoc, etc.,Cic. Or. 8 fin.:
Stoici negant quidquam esse bonum, nisi quod honestum sit,id. Fin. 2, 21, 68; id. de Or. 3, 14, 54:
nego, ullam picturam fuisse, quin abstulerit,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1; Caes. B. G. 6, 31.—With quoniam (eccl. Lat.):
negat quoniam Jesus est Christus,Vulg. 1 Joann. 2, 22.—Sometimes two propositions depend upon nego, with the latter of which an affirmative verb (dico, etc.) is to be supplied:
plerique negant Caesarem in condicione mansurum: postulataque haec ab eo interposita esse, etc.,Cic. Att. 7, 15, 3:
negabat cessandum et utique prius confligendum,Liv. 35, 1:
ille negat se Numidam pertimescere, virtuti suorum credere,Sall. J. 106, 3; Vell. 2, 118, 5; Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 6.—Sometimes another negation follows, which, however, does not destroy the first:
negat nec suspicari,Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7:
negato esse nec mu, nec mutuum,Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 101:
tu autem te negas infracto remo, neque columbae collo, commoveri,Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 79.—
(b) Pass. with inf., they say I am not, etc.:
casta negor (sc. esse),Ov. F. 4, 321:
saepe domi non es, cum sis quoque saepe negaris,Mart. 2, 5, 5:
ex eo negantur ibi ranae coaxare,Suet. Aug. 94:
ciconiae pullum qui ederit, negatur annis continuis lippiturus,Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 128.—
II In partic.
A To deny a thing;
factum est: non nego,Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 12;
opp. fateri,Cic. Brut. 19, 76:
sed posthac omnia, quae certa non erunt, pro certo negato,id. Att. 5, 21, 5:
negaturum aut me pro M. Fulvio, aut ipsum M. Fulvium censetis?Liv. 38, 43:
negando minuendove,Suet. Caes. 66:
mitto enim domestica, quae negari possunt,i. e. the proof of which can be suppressed, Cic. Pis. 5, 11:
videant servi ne quis neget,Juv. 10, 87.— With quin:
negare non posse, quin rectius sit, etc.,Liv. 40, 36:
quod si negari non potest, quin, etc.,Lact. 5, 23 init.—
B To deny, refuse: quicquam quisquam cuiquam, quod ei conveniat, neget, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 4, 12, 18 (Trag. v. 448 Vahl.):
numquam reo cuiquam tam praecise negavi, quam hic mihi,Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:
postquam id obstinate sibi negari videt,Caes. B. G. 5, 6:
alicui impune negare,Ov. M. 13, 741:
patriae opem,id. H. 3, 96:
miseris,id. Tr. 5, 8, 13:
civitatem alicui,Suet. Aug. 40:
non ego me vinclis verberibusque nego,Tib. 2, 3, 80; Luc. 8, 3:
exstingui primordia tanta negabam,Sil. 9, 532:
neque enim negare tibi quidquam potest,Vulg. 3 Reg. 2, 17.—
b Se, to refuse (ante class.):
obsecrat, Ut sibi ejus faciat copiam: illa enim se negat,Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 63; id. Hec. 1, 2, 45.—
C E s p., to decline an invitation:
invitatus ad haec aliquis de ponte negabit,Juv. 14, 135.—
2 Transf., of inanim. things (poet.):
poma negat regio,i. e. does not yield, produce, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 73:
nec mihi materiam bellatrix Roma negabat,id. ib. 2, 321:
pars ventis vela negare,i. e. to furl the sails, Ov. M. 11, 487:
si dextra neget,Stat. Th. 6, 553:
saxa negantia ferro,opposing, id. Silv. 3, 1:
illi membra negant,his limbs fail him, id. Th. 2, 668.—
D To deny any knowledge of, to reject (with acc. of persons;
eccl. Lat.): negaverunt Dominum,Vulg. Jer. 5, 12:
qui me negaverit,ib. Matt. 10, 33: Christum negantes, ib. Judae, 4.