Translation
why not; but that; indeed
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Examples
taces?
Why do you not keep quiet?
dubito .
I do not doubt that it is true.
.
There is nobody who does not know this.
.
What is more, he even gave money.
!
Go on, off with you!
is in its old adverbial sense, "how?", welded to , so its literal question is "how not?". Everything the word does follows from that.
Three jobs. First, a direct question with a shove behind it: taces? is halfway between "why don't you shut up" and "shut up", and with an imperative it is simply an urging particle. Second, after a NEGATIVE verb of doubting, hindering or preventing, it introduces a clause with the SUBJUNCTIVE and translates as "that": dubito is the standard "I do not doubt that". Third, after a negative statement generally, it means "who not" or "that not": , again subjunctive. And is a connector between sentences, "what is more".
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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 9: quin, longe, vis and 7 more words.