nōlo, nōlŭi — Lewis & Short
nōlo, nōlŭi, nolle (nevis for non vis,
Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 32 Brix ad loc.; id. Most. 3, 2, 75; id. Poen. 5, 2, 119 al.:I
nevolt for non vult,id. Trin. 2, 2, 80; id. Most. 1, 2, 29; Titin. ap. Non. 144, 7; v. Don. ad Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 2: noltis for non vultis, Lucil. ap. Diom. p. 381 P.; gerund. abl. nolendo, Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 27), v. irreg. [ne-volo], to wish, or will ... not; not to wish, to be unwilling.
I In gen., with inf., or acc. and inf.: SI NOLET, ARCERAM NE STERNITO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 25:
nolumus,Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 85:
novi ingenium mulierum: nolunt, ubi velis: ubi nolis, cupiunt ultro,Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 43:
etiamsi nolint,Cic. Rep. 1, 31, 47:
nolo, eundem populum imperatorem et portitorem esse terrarum,id. ib. 4, 7, 7:
pluribus praesentibus eas res jactari nolebat,Caes. B. G. 1, 18:
nollet carmine quemquam Describi,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 153:
procedere recte Qui moechos non voltis,id. S. 1, 2, 38.—Esp. freq. in imp., noli, nolito, nolite, etc., with inf. periphrastically for the imp., do not:
noli irascier,Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 60; 65:
noli avorsari,id. Trin. 3, 2, 1:
noli putare,Cic. Brut. 33, 125: nolito putare, Lucil. ap. Non. 505, 20: nolite, hospites, ad me adire, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26 (Trag. v. 404 Vahl.):
nolite, judices, existimare, etc.,Cic. Fl. 42, 105: nolitote mirari, Sisenn. ap. Non. 481, 2:
noli vexare,Juv. 1, 126.— Sometimes with velle pleonastically:
nolite, judices ... hunc jam naturā ipsā occidentem velle maturius exstingui vulnere vestro, quam suo fato,Cic. Cael. 32, 79; Nep. Att. 4, 2.—Sometimes followed by a negative, which does not destroy the negation:
nolui deesse, ne tacitae quidem flagitioni tuae,Cic. Top. 1, 5; Liv. 2, 45: nollem, I would not, I could wish not:
nollem factum,I am sorry for it, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 11:
Carthaginem et Numantiam funditus sustulerunt: nollem Corinthum,Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35: quod nolim, which Heaven forbid:
videbis, si erit, quod nolim, arcessendus, ne, etc.,id. Att. 7, 18, 3; Ov. H. 20, 100: non nolle, to have no objection, to be willing:
cum se non nolle dixisset,Cic. de Or. 2, 18, 75:
quos ego nominarem: neque ipsi nolunt,and they have no objection, id. Sull. 26, 72.—Part. pres.:
me nolente,without my consent, against my will, Quint. 3, 6, 68:
nolente senatu,Luc. 1, 274:
nolentibus umbris,id. 2, 175.—
II In partic., to wish ill, be adverse to a person (very rare):
cui qui nolunt, iidem tibi, quod eum ornāsti, non sunt amici,Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3.— P. a.: nōlens, entis, unwilling (post-Aug. for invitus):
dignitati ejus aliquid adstruere inopinantis, nescientis, immo etiam fortasse nolentis,Plin. Ep. 3, 2, 3; Cels. 1, 8; Quint. 3, 6, 68.