negumo

nĕgo, āvi, ātum, 1 ( 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).

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,

id. 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.—

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.—

In partic.

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. —

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.—

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.—

E s p., to decline an invitation:

invitatus ad haec aliquis de ponte negabit,

Juv. 14, 135.—

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.—

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.

āio, verb. defect. The forms in use are: pres. indic. āio, ăis, ait—aiunt; subj. aias, aiat—aiant; imperf. indic. throughout, aiebam, aiebas, etc.; imper. ai, rare; part. pres. aiens, rare; once in App. M. 6, p. 178 Elm.; and once as P. a. in Cic. Top. 11, 49, v. below. Cic. wrote the pres. aiio, acc. to Quint. 1, 4, 11.—From ais with the interrog. part. ne, ain is used in colloquial language. For imperf. also aibas, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 28; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 22:

aibat,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 33; 5, 2, 16:

aibant,

id. ib. 1, 2, 175; 4, 2, 102; Ter. And. 3, 3, 3; ai is dissyl., but in the imper. also monosyl., Plaut. Truc. 5, 49; cf. Bentl. ad Ter. Ad. 4, 6, 5. Acc. to Prisc. 818 P., the pres. ait seems to take the place of a perf., but acc. to Val. Prob. 1482 P., there was a real perf. ai, aisti, ait;

as aisti,

Aug. Ep. 54 and 174:

aierunt,

Tert. Fuga in Persec. 6; the pres. inf. aiere is found in Aug. Trin. 9, 10 [cf. êmi = I say; Sanscr. perf. 3d sing. āha = he spake; ad ag ium, ad ag io; negare for ne ig are; Umbr. ai tu = dicito; Engl. aye = yea, yes, and Germ. ja], to say yes, to assent (opp. nego, to say no; with the ending - tumo, aiutumo; contract. autumo; opp. negumo; v. autumo).

In gen.: vel ai vel nega, Naev. ap. Prisc. 473 P.:

veltu 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:

quasi ego id curem, quid ille aiat aut neget,

id. Fin. 2, 22; so id. Rab. Post. 12, 34.—

Esp.

To say, affirm, or assert something (while dicere signifies to speak in order to inform, and affirmare, to speak in affirmation, Doed. Syn. 4, 6 sq.—Therefore different from inquam, I say, I reply, since aio is commonly used in indirect, and inquam in direct discourse; cf. Doed. as cited above; Herz. ad Sall. C. 48, 3; and Ramsh. Gr. 800).

In indirect discourse: insanam autem illam (sc. esse) aiunt, quia, etc., Pac. ap. Cic. Her. 2, 23, 36; Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 3: Ch. Hodie uxorem ducis? Pa. Aiunt, they say so, id. ib. 2, 1, 21:

ait hac laetitiā Deiotarum elatum vino se obruisse,

Cic. Deiot. 9:

debere eum aiebat, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 18:

Tarquinium a Cicerone immissum aiebant,

Sall. C. 48, 8:

Vos sapere et solos aio bene vivere,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 45; id. S. 1, 2, 121; id. Ep. 1, 1, 88; 1, 7, 22.—

In direct discourse: Ennio delector, ait quispiam, quod non discedit a communi more verborum;

Pacuvio, inquit alius,

Cic. Or. 11, 36:

Vos o, quibus integer aevi Sanguis, ait, solidaeque, etc.,

Verg. A. 2, 639; 6, 630; 7, 121;

12, 156: O fortunati mercatores! gravis annis Miles ait,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 4; id. Ep. 1, 15, 40; 1, 16, 47; id. S. 2, 7, 72; 1, 3, 22.—

With acc.:

Causa optumast, Nisi quid pater ait aliud,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 47:

Admirans ait haec,

Cat. 5, 3, 4; 63, 84:

Haec ait,

Verg. A. 1, 297; v. B.—

Simply to speak, and esp. in the form of transition, sic ait, thus he speaks or says (cf. the Hom. hôs phato):

Sic ait, et dicto citius tumida aequora placat,

Verg. A. 1, 142; 5, 365; 9, 749.—

Also of what follows: Sic ait in molli fixa toro cubitum: “Tandem,” etc.,

Prop. 1, 3, 34.—

Ut ait quispiam (regularly in this order in Cic.), in quoting an unusual expression, as one says:

ut ait Statius noster in Synephebis,

Cic. Sen. 7:

ut ait Homerus,

id. ib. 10:

ut ait Theophrastus,

id. Tusc. 1, 19, 45:

ut ait Thucydides,

Nep. Them. 2:

ut ait Cicero,

Quint. 7, 1, 51; 8, 6, 73; 9, 4, 40;

9, 56, 60: ut Cicero ait,

id. 10, 7, 14; 12, 3, 11:

ut Demosthenes ait,

id. 11, 1, 22:

ut rumor ait,

Prop. 5, 4, 47: uti mos vester ait, Hor S. 2, 7, 79.—So without def. subject:

ut ait in Synephebis,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31.—

Aiunt, ut aiunt, quemadmodum or quod aiunt, in quoting a proverbial or technical phrase, as they say, as is said, as the saying is (Gr. to legomenon, hôs phasi; Fr. on dit;

Germ. man sagt), either placed after it or interposed: eum rem fidemque perdere aiunt,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 18: ut quimus, aiunt;

quando, ut volumus, non licet,

Ter. And. 4, 5, 10:

docebo sus, ut aiunt, oratorem eum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 57:

Iste claudus, quemadmodum aiunt, pilam,

id. Pis. 28 B. and K. —Also in telling an anecdote:

conspexit, ut aiunt, Adrasum quendam vacuā tonsoris in umbrā,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 49; 1, 17, 18.—

In judic. lang.: ait lex, ait praetor, etc., the law, the prœtor says, i. e. prescribes, commands:

ut ait lex Julia,

Dig. 24, 3, 64:

Praetor ait, in eadem causā eum exhibere, etc.,

ib. 2, 9, 1:

Aiunt aediles, qui mancipia vendunt, etc.,

ib. 21, 1, 1:

Ait oratio, fas esse eum, etc.,

ib. 24, 1, 32 al. —

Ain? = aisne? also often strengthened: ain tu? ain tute? ain tandem? ain vero? in conversational lang., a form of interrogation which includes the idea of surprise or wonder, sometimes also of reproof or sorrow, do you really mean so? indeed? really? is it possible? often only an emphatic what? Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 73: Merc. Servus esne an liber? Sos. Utcumque animo conlibitumst meo. Merc. Ain vero? Sos. Aio enim vero, id. ib. 3, 4, 188; id. Am. 1, 1, 128: Phil. Pater, inquam, aderit jam hic meus. Call. Ain tu, pater? id. Most. 2, 1, 36; id. Ep. 5, 2, 33; id. Aul. 2, 2, 9; id. Curc. 2, 3, 44; Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 1; id. Eun. 3, 5, 19 al:

Ain tu? Scipio hic Metellus proavum suum nescit censorem non fuisse?

Cic. Att. 6, 1; 4, 5 al.:

ain tute,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 90:

ain tandem ita esse, ut dicis?

id. Aul. 2, 4, 19; so id. As. 5, 2, 47; id. Trin. 4, 2, 145; Ter. And. 5, 3, 4:

ain tandem? insanire tibi videris, quod, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 9, 21 Manut.; id. Att. 6, 2.—Also with a plur. verb (cf. age with plur. verb, s. v. ago, IV. a.):

ain tandem? inquit, num castra vallata non habetis?

Liv. 10, 25.—

Quid ais? (as in conversation).—

With the idea of surprise, astonishment, Ti legeis (cf. Quid dixisti? Ter. And. 3, 4, 14; id. Eun. 5, 6, 16, Ti eipas); what do you say? what? Merc. Quis herus est igitur tibi? Sos. Amphitruo, quicum nuptast Alcumena. Merc. Quid ais? Quid nomen tibist? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 208; so Ter. And. 4, 1, 42; id. Heaut. 5, 1, 27.—

When one asks [p. 79] another for his meaning, opinion, or judgment, what do you mean? what do you say or think? Th. Ita me di ament, honestust. Pa. Quid tu ais, Gnatho? Num quid habes, quod contemnas? Quid tu autem, Thraso? Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 21: Hunc ais? Do you mean this man? (= dicis, q. v., II.) Pers. 4, 27.—

When one wishes to try or prove another, what is your opinion? what do you say? Sed quid ais? quid Amphitruoni [dono] a Telebois datumst? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 262.—Hence, * āiens, entis, P. a., affirming, affirmative (usu. affirmativus):

negantia contraria aientibus,

Cic. Top. 11, 49.

autŭmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. [for aitumo, as a lengthened form of aio; cf. negumo for nego; for the termination -tumo, cf. aes, aestimo, q. v., aeditumus, finitumus, and maritumus].

Lit., to say aye, to affirm (mostly of questionable assertions, Ellis ad Cat. 44, 2; opp. nego, to say nay); hence, to assert, aver, say, name (chiefly anteclass.; esp. freq. in Plaut.; syn.: dico, affirmo, confirmo;

used only once by Ter. and Hor., and never by Cic., Lucr., or Verg.): Ipsus sese ut neget esse eum qui siet, Meque ut esse autumet qui ipsus est,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 21: factum id esse hic non negat... et deinde facturum autumat, * Ter. Heaut. prol. 19: flexa non falsa autumare dictio Delphis solet, Pac. ap. Non. p. 237, 3;

so Lucil. ib.: aut hic est aut hic affore actutum autumo,

id. ib.:

quas (res) si autumem omnis, nimis longus sermost,

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 8; id. Am. 1, 1, 150; 1, 1, 260; id. Capt. 4, 2, 105; 4, 2, 117; 5, 2, 2; 5, 2, 8; id. Ep. 5, 1, 37; id. Bacch. 4, 7, 24; id. Men. prol. 8; id. Merc. 5, 2, 103; id. Pers. 1, 3, 71; 2, 2, 32; id. Ps. 4, 2, 28; id. Rud. 3, 3, 42; id. Trin. 2, 2, 48; 3, 2, 77; 3, 3, 15: te esse Tiburtem autumant, * Cat. 44, 2; Hor. S. 2, 3, 45:

ab Elissā Tyriā, quam quidam Dido autumant, Carthago conditur,

Vell. 1, 6, 4 Halm.—In pass.:

quasi salsa muriatica esse autumantur,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 32.—

Meton., effect for cause, to think, believe: bene quam meritam esse autumas, Dicis male mereri, auct. ap. Cic. Or. 49, 166; id. Top. 13, 55 (Trag. Rel. p. 265 Rib.).

nĕgo, āvi, ātum, 1 ( 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).

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,

id. 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.—

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.—

In partic.

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. —

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.—

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.—

E s p., to decline an invitation:

invitatus ad haec aliquis de ponte negabit,

Juv. 14, 135.—

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.—

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.