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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.