Dictionary formnego, negare, negavi, negatum
Translation
deny, say no; refuse, decline
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Examples
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He denies that he did this.
Petrus ter .
Peter denied him three times.
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They refuse us help.
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I cannot say no.
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He said he would not come.
Nego, negare, negavi, negatum, first conjugation, built from nec plus the root of aio: "to say not".
Two constructions carry it. With a dative of person and accusative of thing it means "refuse": negare alicui auxilium, "to refuse someone help". With an accusative and infinitive it is the standard Latin for "say that ... not" - negat se venisse, "he says he did not come". A Roman does not write dicit se non venisse; he negates the verb of speaking instead, and getting that reflex right is half of handling indirect statement. The family is large: nego, denego, abnego (which this corpus also carries), the adjective negativus of late grammar, and English negate, negative, renegade and, through French denier, deny.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 7, lesson 7: nego, piscis, antea and 6 more words.